Astronaut to Test Drive Rover From Space

Multiple partner nations involved on the International Space Station are developing robots in space.  Photo Credit: Jacques van Oene / SpaceFlight Insider On Monday, Sept. 7, Danish European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen,  for the first time, performed...
UH Hilo Robotics Team Tests School’s First Rover

UH Hilo Robotics Team Tests School’s First Rover

UH-Hilo’s rover “Spock” shown during its very first field test at a PISCES martian simulation site on Hawaii Island. The University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Space Robotics Team has successfully built from scratch the school’s very first planetary mining...
Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi Issues PRISM Proclamation

Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi Issues PRISM Proclamation

The first ever PISCES Robotic International Space Mining competition, or PRISM, is now an officially recognized event Big Island of Hawaii Mayor Billy Kenoi has issued a proclamation, declaring this coming July 21-25 as PRISM days. The document formally acknowledges...
UAF Robotics Team Arrives for PRISM with Innovative Spacecraft

UAF Robotics Team Arrives for PRISM with Innovative Spacecraft

University of Alaska, Fairbanks PRISM Team Members in Hilo (L-R): Dalton Newbrough, Tadge Pruce, Tyler Pruce, Orion Lawlor The University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) team has two NASA Robotic Mining Competitions (RMC) under its belt, and is now in Hawaii, ready to...