UH Hilo Computer Science Students to Upgrade PISCES Rover

UH Hilo Computer Science Students to Upgrade PISCES Rover

UH Hilo CS students (L–R): Jayden Matsunaka, Daniel Malone, and Richard Sevao. Technology changes fast and it’s a been a few years since our Helelani planetary rover had any updates to her software systems. Thankfully, a group of students from the University of...
NASA Astronaut Speaking at UH-Hilo on Hubble Telescope

NASA Astronaut Speaking at UH-Hilo on Hubble Telescope

Come down to the University of Hawai’i at Hilo on Nov. 15 for an exciting space talk from a five time shuttle astronaut and MIT Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Jeff Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman will discuss what went wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope and how...

NASA Scientist to Speak on Near Earth Objects

The public is welcome to join PISCES and others during a presentation on Near Earth Objects (NEOs) on March 9 at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. NASA scientist Brian Day will be presenting the information. Day works at NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research...
Students Complete PISCES 2015 Summer Internship

Students Complete PISCES 2015 Summer Internship

Participants of the PISCES 2015 Summer Internship Program are seen here during a presentation on their research on Aug. 7.  Several university students recently sang the praises of the 2015 Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems summer internship...
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...