Enter to Win ‘Mars’ Adventure in #StudentAstronaut Contest!

by PISCES | Apr 25, 2017

Photo courtesy of HI-SEAS.  Xploration Station­—an educational/informational channel dedicated to STEM programming for teens and families—is holding its third-annual #StudentAstronaut video contest! One lucky student will be flown to Hawaii Island for a three-part...

HI-SEAS ‘Astronauts’ Begin Eight-month Mission in Isolation

by PISCES | Jan 21, 2017

Image: For the next eight months, six scientists will live inside this 36-foot diameter dome  on the slopes of Mauna Loa to study the effects of isolated living in deep-space. Photo courtesy of HI-SEAS.  Six “Martian astronauts” just entered the HI-SEAS...

HI-SEAS Participants Say Harmony is Key to Life on Mars

by PISCES | Sep 12, 2016

HI-SEAS participants are pictured here as they made their way out of isolation in August 2016.  A recent article in the New York Times sheds light on the close-knit living conditions experienced by the Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS)...

Six Scientists Chosen for HI-SEAS Simulated Mars Trip

by PISCES | Aug 3, 2015

The scientists will spend 365 days in isolation starting Aug. 28. Photo: HI-SEAS. Six scientists will spend the next year in isolation as part of the upcoming Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation mission. According to a release from the University of Hawaii...

‘Mars’ Explorers Return Home in Freefall

by PISCES | Jun 14, 2015

HI-SEAS crewmembers and researchers pose with the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute team in front of a Chinook helicopter that brought the crew ‘back to Earth.’ PISCES photo. By: Chris Yoakum Reentering Earth’s atmosphere from space can take...