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A two-week mission to perform scientific experiments and test technological instruments needed for the future exploration of the Moon or Mars was successfully completed on Mauna Loa.

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Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are seeking crewmembers for a NASA-funded long-duration space exploration analog study.

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The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation which simulates a space mission by four crewmembers has been canceled.

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MEDIA RELEASE The first ever PISCES Women STARS (STEM Aerospace Research Scholars) program was completed this summer after three Hawaii High School students successfully returned to Earth from “Mars.” Catherine Cauley of Hilo High School, Sage Doreste of Connections Public Charter School, and Emily Strawn of Konawaena High School spent one night on the “Red […]

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UH Manoa’s Kim Binsted: ‘Looking out the single porthole window, all you can see are lava fields and Maunakea in the distance’

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Trio of island students to stay overnight at HI-SEAS habitat

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Kim Binsted: Our tools and technology for space exploration are very good, but as a human race we still must contend with the ‘soft side’ risks of space travel

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Kim Binsted: Our tools and technology for space exploration are very good, but as a human race we still must contend with the ‘soft side’ risks of space travel

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Study provides new insights to address ‘menu fatigue’ and keep astronauts well-nourished

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MEDIA RELEASE The countdown has begun. Six researchers who have spent more than 100 days inside a remote habitat to simulate a long-duration space journey are finally returning to Earth. About 700 applicants vied for six spots in the HI-SEAS mission, which began in April and will conclude Aug. 13. These Earth-based researchers have been […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NASA has awarded $1.2 million to the Hawai‘i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) program to continue its work studying the human factors that contribute to astronaut crew function and performance during long-duration space travels, such as those anticipated for a manned mission to Mars. The new contract award builds upon an ongoing […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Want to go to Mars? The journey there is already happening. Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s top science students are monitoring and maintaining a key link in a long-term experiment to prepare for the first future human missions to the Red Planet. HPA’s science students are in charge of the instrumentation for the HI-SEAS (Hawaii […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Do you have a favorite family recipe that is out of this world? Enter it in the HI-SEAS recipe contest and it could be tested for future consumption in space. The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation mission, HI-SEAS, is part of a study for NASA to determine the best way to keep […]

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MEDIA RELEASE After receiving more than 700 applications, a team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and Cornell University have selected six individuals to make up the crew of a simulated Mars mission intended to test new forms of food and food preparation strategies for deep-space travel. The mission, dubbed HI-SEAS (Hawaii […]

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