The Space Report
Fall Journey Through the Universe Engages 1,800 Students Across East Hawaiʻi
Above: Waiākea Intermediate students brainstorm survival tactics for living on another planet during Fall Journey Through The Universe Week. The first-ever Fall Journey Through The Universe (JTTU)...
UH Mānoa Professor Receives National Recognition for Aerospace Innovation
Above: Dilmurat Azimov. Credit: UH News Professor Dilmurat Azimov from the UH Mānoa College of Engineering has been named to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Class of...
Applications Open for 2025 Akamai Internship Program
Above: 2023 Akamai Internship cohort. Credit; Akamai Workforce Initiative Calling all STEM undergrads in Hawaiʻi! The Akamai Workforce Initiative is now accepting applications for the 2025 Akamai...
Robotics, Collaboration, and STEM: PISCES Shares Innovation and Culture in Australia
Above: From left: PISCES team members Amber Imai-Hong, Christian Andersen, and Ashley Truchan with the Helelani planetary rover at Robopalooza 2025. Last month, the Pacific International Space...
NASA Announces Milestone in Hunt for Exoplanets
Above: Artist rendering of confirmed exoplanets. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA has officially confirmed 6,000 exoplanets—planets that exist outside of our solar system—marking a...
UH Mānoa Receives $800k Grant to Study Greener Rocket Fuels
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has received an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force to research green rocket and missile fuels that are safer, cheaper, and better for the environment....
PISCES Intern Awarded Space Grant to Continue Rover Development
Above: Joe Winkie is a fourth-year UH Hilo Computer Science major who is rewriting the control system software for the PISCES planetary rover. We’re excited to announce that our summer robotics...
From Hawaiʻi to the Smithsonian: PISCES Research Helps Shape Future of Space
Above: PISCES' STEM outreach programs and ISRU research are highlighted at the National Air and Space Museum's 'Futures in Space' exhibition. Credit: Matt Shindell/National Air and Space Museum Big...
PISCES Partners With Black Sand Solutions to Develop AI Space Robot
Above: The AI model will integrate with NASA's existing robots including Valkyrie, an advanced humanoid robot designed to support space missions. Credit: NASA PISCES has partnered with Maui-based...
UH Mānoa Selected by NASA to Lead Instrument Team for Lunar Vehicle
Above: Artist rendering of NASA's new Lunar Terrain Vehicle. Credit: NASA NASA has selected UH Mānoa scientists to help lead the development of a new lunar vehicle instrument that will prospect for...
HISE Brings Students Together to Explore Big Island Science, Culture
ABOVE: HISE students tour Captura, a NELHA-based carbon-capture program to reduce emissions from the upper ocean and atmosphere. Credit: HISE We were proud to sponsor and support the first-ever...
UH Telescope Spots 3rd Known Interstellar Visitor
ABOVE: The trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through our solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A University of Hawaiʻi-operated telescope has discovered the third known...