On 27th Oct at 8pm UTC, Robert Swinney from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies presents the first talk in our new series. Members of i4is can attend this talk live!
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Newsletter: New i4is online talk series for members!
We’re inviting you to a new i4is online talk series, suited to the widest possible audience. Meet the key people in i4is and learn some new facts!
Missions to Venus
A lot of media attention and interest in the scientific community at the moment centred on Venus in regard to the discovery of phosphine in its atmosphere and therefore potential life. The question now is how do we get there? Optimum Interplanetary Trajectory Software can be brought to bear on this problem and help answer the question.
i4is Venus balloon concept featured in Forbes
Fast mission to detect microbes on Venus – The joint i4is, FIT, Harvard, Space Initiatives paper: “A Precursor Balloon Mission for Venusian Astrobiology” by Andreas M. Hein, Manasvi Lingam, T. Marshall Eubanks, Adam Hibberd, Dan Fries, William Paul Blase has now been published on arXiv. Thanks to Bruce Dorminey, it has now been featured in […]
Project Lyra on Universe Today
Our Decadal Survey White Paper “Interstellar Now! Missions to and Sample Returns from Nearby Interstellar Objects” has been featured on Universe Today. Thank you to Matt Williams for another awesome article about Project Lyra!
Principium 30
Issue 30 of Principium, the quarterly publication of the Initiative and Institute for Interstellar Studies is now published.
Newsletter: 2023-2032 Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey & five new preprints
We bring you five new Principium preprints and also highlight recent work by our Technical Team, including a new Mission Concept White Paper.
Interstellar Now! Joint White Paper for Decadal Survey Submitted
We are very proud to announce that we have submitted a Mission Concept White Paper for the Decadal Survey on missions to interstellar objects: “Interstellar Now! Missions to and Sample Returns from Nearby Interstellar Objects” This was an intense collaborative effort between a group of international researchers: Andreas M. Hein (i4is), T. Marshall Eubanks (i4is/Space […]