The latest issue of our free quarterly newsletter, Principium, is now published. This is our third Membership Issue. On the front cover is a reminder of the recent first imaging of a black hole, a visualisation of the photon trajectories which produced the image.
News from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies
In this section you can read some of the latest news from i4is and the world of interstellar studies. If you know of appropriate news please get in touch and it might appear here.
2nd Foundation of Interstellar Studies Workshop
The Initiative for Interstellar Studies and the British Interplanetary Society are pleased to announce the 2nd Foundation of Interstellar Studies Workshop, which will take place from 27th to 30th of June, at the current headquarters of the i4is, The Bone Mill, on the edge of the wonderful English Cotswolds, in south Gloucestershire, UK. Interstellar Travel is […]
Interstellar Summer School 15th – 19th August 2018
How to design spacecraft and starships… Last chance to book on to our interstellar summer school, which will be held at the Initiative for Interstellar Studies HQ, The Bone Mill, New Street, Charfield, GL12 8ES from Wednesday 15th to Sunday 19th August 2018. For more information see the full advert below and for admission to […]
Extreme Deep Space Exploration: A Personal Perspective by R Swinney
Some people are working on how we might really travel to the stars in the near future. Rob Swinney, i4is, Fellow of the BIS, Project Leader of Project Icarus and former RAF squadron leader will discuss the likely methods and means in a way understandable to all. In the near future will it be giant […]
Principium 21 now released!
The latest issue of our free interstellar magazine, Principium, is now out! This time in our introduction feature, Tishtrya Mehta tells us how to park an interstellar rocket. Read that and much more including book reviews and news features in Principium 21!
i4is at Breakthrough Discuss
Our President Kelvin Long and Elena Ancona have participated in the Breakthrough Discuss panel on Progress in Novel Space Propulsion. More information about Breakthrough Discuss 2018 under this link. The video recording of the panel can be found here.
World’s First Interstellar Summer School Announced
Have you ever wanted to know how to design spacecraft and starships? Would you like to get access to the latest information on technology developments relevant to advanced space propulsion, artificial intelligence and astronomy? Would you like to understand what the implications for going interstellar are for the outer space treaty? Now is your chance […]
Principium 20 now released!
The latest issue of our free interstellar magazine Principium is now out! This time, we present Project Lyra, a feasibility study for a mission to the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua. The amazing cover painting was made by our concept artist Enora Mercier, showing an astronaut bouncing off the surface of an interstellar asteroid flying past the […]
Project Lyra page online!
We are making rapid advances with Project Lyra, a mission to the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua! Please visit our new Project Lyra website and have a look at the project, publications, and news coverage! More recently, concept artist Maciej Rebisz has created this wonderful image of Project Lyra laser sail spacecraft flying past ‘Oumuamua! How would […]
‘Oumuamua Interstellar
Members of the Initiative for Interstellar Studies recently made a short film discussing the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua. The asteroid has delighted the astronomical community recently with its brief entrance into our Solar System with an eccentricity of 1.2 and an inbound velocity of 26.3 km/s. The asteroid is likely […]
Pete Worden visits i4is HQ
On Monday 20th November Dr Pete Worden visited the Initiative for Interstellar Studies Headquarters. Dr Worden is a former Brig.Gen USAF Retired and also former Director of NASA’s Ames Research Centre. He is currently the Executive Director of the Breakthrough Initiatives. Dr Worden met with members of the i4is team to discuss Project Starshot, an effort […]
Opening of New i4is Headquarters
On Sunday the 8th October 2017 the Initiative for Interstellar Studies officially opened the ‘interstellar space’ of its new HQ. The event was attended by 77 people, which included 18 children. Also in attendance was the President of the British Interplanetary Society Mark Hempsell, The Executive Secretary of the British Interplanetary Society Gill Norman and […]