UH students launch rocket in NASA competition
The Project Imua students achieved liftoff, launching the rocket and payload they designed and built for the NASA Student Launch Project competition near Huntsville, Alabama.
UH Community College students in Alabama prep for NASA competition rocket launch competition
Project Imua’s rocket is 10 feet tall, and their payload is a four-wheeled rover designed to travel 10 feet before collecting a soil sample.
Moon/Mars crew exits HI-SEAS habitat
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 March 6 at the HI-SEAS habitat.
New Moon/Mars mission in progress at HI-SEAS habitat
The six-member crew has been hard at work with geological and drone surveys, lava tube exploration and space technology testing.
New international Moon/Mars mission launched at HI-SEAS habitat
The six-person crew’s research includes geological and drone surveys, lava tube exploration and space technology testing.
UH Community College students build rocket for potential NASA launch
Ten UH students from Honolulu, Kapiʻolani and Windward Community Colleges and three from UH Mānoa comprise the Project Imua Mission 6 team.
HI-SEAS receives NASA grant to complete research
The research program has operated five planetary surface missions on the Mars-like flank of Mauna Loa to investigate crew composition and cohesion.
HI-SEAS Mission VII recruiting crew
Researchers from UH Mānoa are seeking crewmembers for a NASA-funded long-duration space exploration analog study.
Pluto mission scientists present at Windward CC Hōkūlani Imaginarium
Scientists who worked on the New Horizons probe that conducted a six-month flyby of Pluto and its moons will be giving a special presentation at Windward CC’s Hōkūlani Imaginarium on March 8, 2018.
Fifth UH simulated Mars mission is in the books
After eight months of isolation in a geodesic dome on the slopes of Mauna Loa, six Hawaiʻi Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) crew members exited their habitat.
