Press Coverage
3/11/25 – UH News: Applications open: Free UH Hilo STEM program
12/5/24 – NPR: At a desert festival for space robots, engineers envision a busy future in space
7/30/24 – University of Hawaiʻi News: UH Hilo students upgrade planetary rover for global testing
7/22/24 – Hawaiʻi Tribune-Herald: STEM Aerospace Research Scholars Program Returns
7/18/24 – UH Hilo Stories: UH Hilo computer science students conclude year-long software project on planetary rover
6/24/24 – Byte Marks Cafe: Episode 826 feat. PISCES Research Director Christian Andersen
6/4/24 – UH Hilo Stories: Free UH Hilo summer program inspires high school women to explore STEM studies and careers
1/3/23 – Hawaiʻi Tribune-Herald: UH Hilo students work on Helelani planetary rover
11/8/23 – University of Hawaiʻi News: Free symposium encourages space, STEM careers
11/12/22 – Big Island Now: Moon enthusiasts in California remotely operate planetary rover in Kailua-Kona
9/30/22 – Parabolic Arc: Masten Received NASA Contract for Lunar Surface Construction on Moon
3/4/22 – UH News: Meet the women in space exploration during free event
1/23/22 – Parabolic Arc: New Material Could Make Moon/Mars Manufacturing More Efficient
1/20/22 – Honolulu Civil Beat: Space Program Asks for More Funding
4/7/21 – 3DPrint.com: NASA Funds 36 Space 3D Printing Projects—Here Are the 15 Most Exciting
4/4/21 – Parabolic Arc: Masten & PISCES Receive NASA Grant for 3D Construction
3/1/21 – Bytemarks Cafe: PISCES and Communication Drones
1/7/21 – Parabolic Arc: HALO Program Offers Remote Testing at Analog Site for Moon and Mars
1/6/21 – Parabolic Arc: New Sintering Method May Reduce Cost of ISRU Production
12/4/20 – KHON2: Modern Wahine Hawaii – Women in STEM feat. PISCES
12/2020 – Aerospace America: First in-situ resource utilization payload heads to Mars
9/2/20 – Parabolic Arc: Basalt Launch Pad tiles to Undergo Testing by NASA
9/2/20 – Inside Outer Space: Moon, Mars Launch Pads – A Touch of Hawaii
5/5/20 – Hawaii Business Magazine: Hawaii Island Business Report 2020: Growing Leaders
2/13/20 – Hawaii Business Magazine: PISCES: A Local Launch Pad into Space and Aerospace Careers
1/27/20 – Space.com: Scientists are Taking a Mock Moon Mission in Hawaii
12/10/19 – Orbital Mechanics: Podcast featuring PISCES Geology Tech Kyla Edison
7/6/19 – Big Island Now: Hawaii STEM Program for Women Receives $15K
6/28/19 – Hawaii Tribune-Herald: STARS Program Receives $15K
6/25/19 – Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Camp aims to introduce girls to careers in STEM fields
2/8/19 – Weather Boy: Spaceport Plans Launch with Sparks
2/5/19 – Weather Boy: Mini Spaceport Proposed for Hawaii
12/27/18 – Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Report examines benefits, feasibility of basalt facility
12/27/18 – Composites World: New study examines Hawaii’s potential to support a basalt fiber facility
12/24/18 – Honolulu Star Advertiser: Lava rock could lay foundation for basalt industry
10/29/18 – Hawaii Tribune-Herald Stellar Job: Hilo Native Lands job with NASA lab before Graduating
7/2/18 – West Hawaii Today: To the moon: Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce looks to next 50 years
6/4/18 – Parabolic Arc: Planetary LEGO Blocks Take Shape in Hawaii
3/27/18 – Big Island Now: PISCES Accepting Apps for Women’s STARS Program
12/13/17 – Honolulu Star Advertiser: Isle Lava Could be Source of High-Tech Building Materials
12/12/17 – Pacific Business News: Hawaii Aerospace Center Seeks Proposals for Basalt Fiber Manufacturing Study
12/12/17 – Big Island Now: PISCES Seeks Proposals for Feasibility Study on Basalt Fiber Manufacturing in Hawaii
11/13/17 – Basalt Today: Rodrigo Romo, PISCES: Our research in basalts can offer benefits to Hawaii
10/8/17 – Basalt Today: NASA joined the project of testing basalts in Hawaii
8/27/17 – Big Island Now: College Students to Earn Credit Through Robotics Work
8/24/17 – Pacific Business News: Hawaii launches new credit-based college internship in robotics
7/18/17 – Big Island Video News: PISCES Gets In On $118,690 NASA Grant
7/18/17 – Pacific Business News: Hawaii aerospace center to share $119K grant from NASA
6/10/17 – Big Island Now: PISCES and DLIR Partner for Summer Internship Program
4/25/17 – Parabolic Arc: NASA Selects Honeybee Robotics for Six Small Business Awards
3/26/17 – Big Island Now: PISCES’ Summer STEM Program Receives $5K from HTDC
3/21/17 – Pacific Business News: PISCES receives $5K for summer program targeting female high schoolers
1/5/17 – Parabolic Arc: NASA Plans Further Laser Communications Tests in Hawaii
11/17/16 – Big Island Now: UH-Hilo, PISCES, NASA Prepare for Mars Mission
11/10/16 – Parabolic Arc: Construction of Protoype Lunar Base Proposed for Hawaii
11/9/16 – Honolulu Star Advertiser: Researchers Training in Hawaii to Simulate Mars Mission
11/7/16 – Inquisitr: NASA Mars Mission: Scientists Head to Hawaii to Simulate Mission Conditions
10/7/16 – Hawaii Tribune-Herald: PISCES Interns Present Aerospace Research
2/1/16 – Tech Crunch: This Roving Robot Makes its Own Martian Landing Pad
1/29/16 – Big Island Now: Community Remembers Onizuka on Challenger Anniversary
1/29/16 – Big Island Video News: Ellison Onizuka Stories Shared On 30th Anniversary Of Tragedy
1/28/16 – Honolulu Star Advertiser: Hawaii to Honor Homegrown Hero
1/22/16 – Tech Times: This Robot Built An Entire Launch Pad
10/28/15 – Big Island Now: PISCES Unveils Basalt Landing Pad
9/24/15 – Parabolic Arc: PISCES Signs Agreement with NASA for Lunar Landing Pad Project
9/24/15 – KHON2: Scientists to develop lunar landing pad test site on Hawaii Island
9/24/15 – Big Island Now: PISCES, NASA Formalize Lunar Landing Pad Partnership
4/5/15 – Spaceflight Insider: Hawaiian Students Test ‘Lunar Dust Buster’ at NASA AMES
4/1/15 – NASA SSERVI: Hawai`i Students Partner with NASA on Dust Removal System
3/21/15 – Ryan Ozawa Blog (Bytemarks Cafe): High School Students Shoot for the Moon
3/17/15 – Hawaii News Now: High school “Moon RIDERS” take part in PISCES, NASA experiment
3/17/15 – Big Island Now: Kealakehe Students Test Lunar Landers
3/13/15 – Big Island Video News: Hawaii’s First “Lunar Sidewalk” Poured
3/13/15 – KHON2: Sidewalk made of ‘lunar concrete’ installed in downtown Hilo
3/11/15 – Honolulu Star Advertiser: Hilo sidewalk to help researchers study space infrastructure
3/1/15 – Parabolic Arc: Hawaii Legislature Considers 3 Space Measures
2/28/15 – Parabolic Arc: Hawaiian High School Students to Design Experiments for Moon Flight
2/22/15 – SpaceRef: PISCES Announces Hawaii High Schools Selected for Student Lunar Flight Experiment
2/20/15 – KHON2: Hawaii students collaborate with NASA on moon experiment
1/25/15 – Parabolic Arc: Hawaiian Students to Work With NASA on Lunar Surface Experiment
1/20/15 – SpaceRef: PISCES and NASA Sign Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement
1/16/15 – Popular Mechanics: NASA Is Building a Laser Communication Base in Hawaii
1/15/15 – Pacific Business News: NASA Selects Hawaii to Develop World’s First Laser Communications Site
10/15/14 – Hawaii 24/7: PISCES stars on ‘Mars’
8/21/14 – Hawaii 24/7: PISCES Rover Tackles First Test
7/17/14 – Big Island Now: Robotic Space Mining’s ‘World Cup’ Here Next Week
7/2/14 – Big Island Video News: $750k signed for NASA, PISCES in Hawaii
5/31/14 – Parabolic Arc: PISCES Embarks on Lunar Concrete Development Project
5/28/14 – Big Island Now: PISCES Seeking Science-Minded Young Women
4/18/14 – Big Island Now: UH-Hilo Student Awarded NASA Research Internship
2/12/14 – Parabolic Arc: PISCES Gets Rover, High-Power Optical Laser
2/9/14 – West Hawaii Today: NASA Considers New Communication Relay Station atop Mauna Loa
1/17/14 – Hawaii 24/7: PISCES Names Romo as Project Manager
12/5/13 – Parabolic Arc: PISCES Signs MOUs With Honeybee Robotics, Made in Space
10/9/13 – WN: Henk Rogers to chair Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems
9/4/13 – Big Island Now: UH Hilo Student Taking Part in Lunar Probe Mission
7/22/13 – Space News: Spotlight – Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems
6/28/13 – Parabolic Arc: PISCES Looks to Print Space Tools from Hawaii’s Lava Rocks
4/25/13 – Hawaii 24/7: PISCES Signs Six Memoranda of Understanding
11/15/12 – Hawaii 24/7: Big Plans for PISCES Program
7/19/12 – Mars Daily: NASA Conducts Mission Simulations in Hawaii
6/27/12 – Pacific Business News: Plans for Hawaii Moon Research Park to Move Ahead
2/12/10 – Hawaii 24/7: PISCES Hosts Meeting of Space Organization Research Centers
1/8/09 – Space.com: How Moon Dust Could Yield Oxygen, Fuel and Water – Space.com