Press Coverage
1/20/22 Space Program Asks for More Funding
4/7/21 NASA Funds 36 Space 3D Printing Projects—Here Are the 15 Most Exciting
3/1/21 Bytemarks Café: PISCES and Communication Drones
3/1/21 The fight over the future of Hawaii’s aerospace industry
12/4/20 KHON2’s Modern Wahine Hawaii – Women in STEM feat. PISCES
12/2020 First in-situ resource utilization payload heads to Mars
9/18/20 Registration open for Women in Space Exploration series
9/2/20 Moon, Mars Launch Pads – A Touch of Hawaii
7/1/20 Boosting Hawaii’s economy by shooting for the stars?
5/5/20 Hawaii Island Business Report 2020: Growing Leaders
4/27/20 STEM Groups donate thousands of PPE to frontliners
2/13/20 PISCES: A Local Launch Pad into Space and Aerospace Careers
1/27/20 Scientists are Taking a Mock Moon Mission in Hawaii
12/10/19 Orbital Mechanics Podcast feat. PISCES Geology Tech Kyla Edison
7/6/19 Hawaii STEM Program for Women Receives $15K
6/28/19STARS Program Receives $15K
6/25/19 Camp aims to introduce girls to careers in STEM fields
3/10/19 Hawaii completed feasibility study for continuous basalt fiber manufacturing operation
2/8/19 Spaceport Plans Launch with Sparks
2/5/19Mini Spaceport Proposed for Hawaii
12/27/18 Report examines benefits, feasibility of basalt facility
12/27/18 New study examines Hawaii’s potential to support a basalt fiber manufacturing facility
12/24/18 Lava rock could lay foundation for basalt industry
10/29/18 Hilo Native Lands job with NASA lab before Graduating
7/2/18 To the moon: Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce looks to next 50 years
3/27/18 PISCES Accepting Apps for Women’s STARS Program
12/13/17 State Research Company Explores the Viability of Basalt Fiber Production
12/13/17 Isle Lava Could be Source of High-Tech Building Materials
12/12/17Hawaii Aerospace Center Seeks Proposals for Basalt Fiber Manufacturing Feasibility Study
12/12/17 PISCES Seeks Proposals for Feasibility Study on Basalt Fiber Manufacturing in Hawaii
11/13/17 Rodrigo Romo, PISCES: Our research in basalts can offer benefits to Hawaii
10/8/17 NASA joined the project of testing basalts in Hawaii
8/27/17 College Students to Earn Credit Through Robotics Work
8/24/17 Hawaii launches new credit-based internship program in robotics work for college students
7/18/17 PISCES Gets In On $118,690 NASA Grant
7/18/17 Hawaii aerospace center to share $119K grant from NASA
6/10/17 PISCES and DLIR Partner for Summer Internship Program
3/26/17 PISCES’ Summer STEM Program Receives $5K from HTDC
3/21/17 PISCES receives $5,000 sponsorship for summer program targeting female high schoolers
11/17/16 UH-Hilo, PISCES, NASA Prepare for Mars Mission
11/9/16 Researchers Training in Hawaii to Simulate Mars Mission – Honolulu Star Advertiser
11/7/16 NASA Mars Mission: Scientists Head to Hawaii to Simulate Mission Conditions
10/7/16 PISCES Interns Present Aerospace Research
2/1/16This Roving Robot Makes its Own Martian Landing Pad
1/29/16 Community Remembers Onizuka on Challenger Anniversary
1/29/16 VIDEO: Ellison Onizuka Stories Shared On 30th Anniversary Of Tragedy
1/28/16 Hawaii to Honor Homegrown Hero
1/22/16 This Robot Built An Entire Launch Pad
11/2/15 PISCES Unveils Basalt Landing Pad in Hawaii
10/28/15 PISCES Unveils Basalt Landing Pad
9/24/15 PISCES Signs Agreement with NASA for Lunar Landing Pad Project
9/24/15 Scientists to develop lunar landing pad test site on Hawaii Island
9/24/15 PISCES, NASA Formalize Lunar Landing Pad Partnership
4/5/15 Hawaiian Students Test ‘Lunar Dust Buster’ at NASA AMES – SpaceFlight Insider
4/1/15 Hawai`i Students Partner with NASA on Dust Removal System – NASA SSERVI
3/21/15 High School Students Shoot for the Moon – HPR Bytemarks Cafe Co-Host Ryan Ozawa blog
3/17/15 High school “Moon RIDERS” take part in PISCES, NASA experiment – Hawaii News Now
3/17/15 Kealakehe Students Test Lunar Landers – Big Island Now
3/13/15 Hawaii’s First “Lunar Sidewalk” Poured – Big Island Video News
3/13/15 Sidewalk made of ‘lunar concrete’ installed in downtown Hilo – KHON2 News
3/11/15 Hilo sidewalk to help researchers study space infrastructure – Honolulu Advertiser
3/1/15 Hawaii Legislature Considers 3 Space Measures – Parabolic Arc
2/22/15 PISCES Announces Hawaii High Schools Selected for Student Lunar Flight Experiment – SpaceRef
2/20/15 Hawaii students collaborate with NASA on moon experiment – KHON2 News
2/20/15 Hawaii students working with NASA on moon mission – KITV4 News
1/20/15 PISCES and NASA Sign Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement – SpaceRef
1/16/15 NASA Is Building a Laser Communication Base in Hawaii – Popular Mechanics
1/15/15 NASA Selects Hawaii to Develop World’s First Laser Communications Site – Pacific Business News
10/15/14 PISCES stars on ‘Mars’ – Hawaii 24/7
8/21/14 PISCES Rover Tackles First Test – Hawaii 24/7
7/17/14 Robotic Space Mining’s ‘World Cup’ Here Next Week – Big Island Now
7/2/14 Gov. Abercrombie Signs PISCES Appropriation Bills Totalling $750K – Aerospace Hawaii
7/2/14 $750k signed for NASA, PISCES in Hawaii – Big Island Video News
5/31/14 Vintage Photos Of Apollo Astronauts Training In Hawaii Unearthed – Huffington Post
5/28/14 PISCES Seeking Science-Minded Young Women – Big Island Now
4/18/14 UH-Hilo Student Awarded NASA Research Internship – Big Island Now
2/9/14 NASA Considers New Communication Relay Station atop Mauna Loa – West Hawaii Today
1/17/14 PISCES Names Romo as Project Manager – Hawaii 24/7
10/9/13 Henk Rogers to chair Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems – WN
9/4/13 UH Hilo Student Taking Part in Lunar Probe Mission – Big Island Now
7/22/13 Spotlight – Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems – Space News
4/25/13 PISCES Signs Six Memoranda of Understanding – Hawaii 24/7
11/15/12 Big Plans for PISCES Program – Hawaii 24/7
7/19/12 NASA Conducts Mission Simulations in Hawaii – Mars Daily
6/27/12 Plans for Hawaii Moon Research Park to Move Ahead – Pacific Business News
2/12/10 PISCES Hosts Meeting of Space Organization Research Centers – Hawaii 24/7
1/8/09 How Moon Dust Could Yield Oxygen, Fuel and Water – Space.com