


Science, Sci-Fi and Robots: 2019 AstroDay Highlights
Above: Keiki play with VexIQ robots at the PISCES table, one of 85 booths at the 18th annual AstroDay event in Hilo. (L-R): PISCES’ staff members Rodrigo Romo, Kyla Edison and Kye Harford shared PISCES’ research in basalt sintering during AstroDay. The 18th annual...
Environmental Assessment Begins for Proposed Spaceport in East Hawaii
Above: The proposed facility would be similar to Rocket Lab’s small vehicle launch site located on the Mahia Peninsula of northern New Zealand. Alaska Aerospace Corp. is proposing the construction of a launch facility in East Hawaii to send small satellites into...
PISCES Presents ‘Pathways to Mars’ at HawaiiCon
Above: PISCES’ Kyla Defore leads a Q&A on Mars colonization at HawaiiCon. PISCES Geology Technician Kyla Edison attended the fifth-annual HawaiiCon Science Fiction Convention in September to talk about the future of human exploration on Mars and her research that...