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Summer Space & Science Camp for Hawaii High School Girls

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Summer program for high school girls offers behind-the-scenes look at STEM careers

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Slabs are made out of volcanic basalt fines – a waste byproduct found in local quarries – and each slab is ‘glued’ with different binders

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Two schools chosen to take part in Research Investigating Dust Expulsion Removal Systems experiment

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MEDIA RELEASE The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) has signed a non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), formally establishing a partnership to jointly work on a Hawaii high school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) project that will give students the opportunity to develop a space experiment and […]

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

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Hawaii planetary analogue site no problem for Alpha Argo

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Abercrombie puts pen to five measures; first time governor signs bills into law on Big Island

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MEDIA RELEASE Sen. Will Espero, along with officials from NASA, is urging the approval of Senate Bill 2583 Senate Draft 1, a bill related to launching Hawaii’s aerospace industry through investment in a laser optical communications ground station. The measure is awaiting a hearing in the House Finance committee. The purpose of the measure is […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) staff continues to grow, with Dr. Elliot Sanders of Hilo as the newest addition to the team. He has been selected for the Center’s part-time Senior Technologist position. Sanders brings 25 years of research and development, integrating expertise in mechanical engineering, material science, biology, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Frank Schowengerdt brought space research, education to Hawaii Dr. Franklin Dean Schowengerdt, UH-H professor and former NASA program director, died of cancer Feb. 12 in Alexandria, Va. He was 77. Schowengerdt was a physics professor at Colorado School of Mines for 30 years. There, he founded a NASA-funded combustion research center and served […]

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NASA Astronaut Rex J. Walheim shares images taken during STS-122

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MEDIA RELEASE The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) has a new member on its team. Rodrigo Romo of Hilo was chosen for the full-time PISCES Project Manager position. Romo has spent the last 16 years as the Vice President of Engineering for Zeta Corporation, a company that offers green technology solutions for […]

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