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Hawaii 24/7 Staff PISCES Akamai Workforce Initiative intern, Krystal Schlechter, concluded her work with PISCES in an explosive way – literally. Thanks to donations through PISCES fundraising efforts, the UH Hilo student and her mentor, John Hamilton, PISCES test logistics/education and public outreach manager witnessed NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission blast […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii’s aerospace industry is getting another boost from the State. At Tuesday’s Bill Signing Ceremony held at the State Capitol, Lieutenant Governor Shan Tsutsui signed SB1256 into law on behalf of Governor Neil Abercrombie. Under the bill, The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) will receive $400,000 to continue with technology […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) has signed a fully reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Under the Space Act Agreement, KSC will provide technical support to PISCES in the development of advanced-human robotic systems and other technologies required for space exploration beyond low Earth orbit when […]

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MEDIA RELEASE PISCES, the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, has entered into new partnerships with key organizations that support space exploration, signaling growing global interest in Hawaii aerospace. The International Space Exploration Research Institute at Hanyang University in Korea, the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies at the University of Southern California, the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The House Committee on Finance unanimously passed HB1419 HD1, which will appropriate additional funds to support the development and expansion of Hawaii’s aerospace and related industries. Supplemental funding will be provided to the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) to help attract aerospace technology and corporations to Hawaii. The funding will […]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems has received $2.3 million to help attract NASA and other space agencies to the Big Island. The funds include $1.8 million to begin plans for facility expansion and $500,000 for operations cost, said Rob Kelso, the new PISCES executive director. While […]

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MEDIA RELEASE NASA this week began conducting a nine-day field test outside Hilo to evaluate new exploration techniques for the surface of the moon. These mission simulations, known as analog missions, are performed at extreme and often remote Earth locations to prepare for robotic and human missions to extraterrestrial destinations. The In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) is hosting about 40 representatives from a variety of space organizations Feb. 11-12 in Hilo, to talk about the role of PISCES in future research, education and field tests. The meeting will be held at the Institute for Astronomy on the University of Hawaii […]

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Training exercises in space medicine, lunar geology, moon base construction

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