NASA Proves New Technology to Support Long-Term Lunar Missions

by PISCES | Apr 7, 2025

Shadow of FireFly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost 1 Lander on the Moon on March 2, 2025. Credit: FireFly Aerospace NASA’s new Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) just passed a major test on the Moon, marking a big win for future lunar missions. Carried aboard Firefly Aerospace’s...

‘Iolani’s Moon RIDERS Visit Lunar Scientists

by PISCES | Nov 23, 2015

‘Iolani High School’s Moon RIDERS participants pose for a picture. Recently, ‘Iolani High School’s Moon RIDERS participants visited with lunar scientists G. Jeffrey Taylor and Paul Lucey at the Hawaii Institute for Geophysics and Planetology. During their...

Hawai‘i County Awards PISCES Moon RIDERS Program $25K

by PISCES | Jul 20, 2015

Image courtesy of NASA. Hawai‘i Community Foundation Gives Additional $10K Grant The County of Hawai‘i Department of Research and Development has awarded PISCES a $25,000 grant for the Center’s Moon RIDERS (Research Investigating Dust Expulsion Removal Systems)...

Moon RIDERS Stir Up Dust at NASA Ames

by PISCES | Apr 14, 2015

Image: PISCES Moon RIDERS students from Kealakehe High School got a tour of the NASA Ames Research Center during their three-day visit.  PISCES Moon RIDERS students from Kealakehe High School were invited to NASA’s Ames Research Center in California for three days...

Moon RIDERS Students Honored at State Capitol

by PISCES | Mar 26, 2015

Above: Students from Kealakehe High School and `Iolani School participating in PISCES’ Moon RIDERS lunar flight experiment pose at the Hawaii capitol with lawmakers and PISCES staff on March 23. Following a week of field-tests evaluating the space hardware for...