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In the media

We have been featured in a wide range of magazines, podcasts and blogs. Below the images you can find links to the various articles and recordings.

Aerospace America magazine, 2016

Aerospace America magazine, 2016

Wunderwelt-Wissen-Magazine, 2016

Wunderwelt-Wissen-Magazine, 2016

All About Space magazine, 2014

All About Space magazine, 2014

Spaceflight Magazine, 2013

Spaceflight Magazine, 2013

External Media Articles

  1. "Picturing Proxima's Planet", Astronomy Now magazine, pp.24-28, Oct 2016.
  2. "Proxima Centauri by 2099", Aerospace America magazine, pp.18-24, Apr 2016.
  3. "Mit einem Segelschiff zum Alpha Centauri", Interview with Andreas Hein, German space magazine, Feb 2015.
  4. “Project Dragonfly: The Innovative Laser Sail Technology that could propel us to Interstellar Space”, All About Space Magazine, Page 28-29, 2014.
  5. “Interstellar Thinking”, Wired Magazine, pp.38-39, Apr 2014.
  6. "The Starship Century", Astronomy Now magazine, pp.35-38, Dec 2013.
  7. “Extraterrestrial Liberty”, Spaceflight Magazine, pp.312, Vol.55, Aug 2013.
  8. “The Philosophy of the Starship”, Spaceflight Magazine, pp.314-315, Vol.55, August 2013.
  9. “UK Interstellar Institute Launched”, Spaceflight Magazine, pp.84-85, Vol.55, March 2013.
  10. “Will Interstellar Travel Ever Be Possible”, All About Space Magazine, p.80, Nov 2013.
  11. “The World is Not Going to End Today. Sorry to Disappoint You”, The Times, p.36, 21 Dec 2012.
  12. "Earth-Sized Planet in Alpha Centauri B", Spaceflight magazine, pp.446-447, 54, 12, Dec 2012.

Radio, Television & Podcast

  1. Long, Kelvin F, "Interstellar Spaceflight", The Space Show with David Livingstone, 5th September 2017. Listen
  2. Davies, John, "Interview with John Davies of The Initiative for Interstellar Studies", The Interplanetary Podcast, 31st December 2016. Listen
  3. Long, Kelvin F, "Interstellar Spaceflight", The Space Show with David Livingstone, 11th January 2015. Listen
  4. Long, Kelvin F, "Interstellar Travel", Space Boffins, 2013.

External Blog Articles

  1. Hein, Andreas, et al. "Project Lyra: Sending a Spacecraft to 1I/’Oumuamua (formerly A/2017 U1), the Interstellar Asteroid", November 10th 2017, Centauri Dreams website. Read
  2. Long, Kelvin F, "The Initiative for Interstellar Studies: A Three Year Update", November 13th 2015, Centauri Dreams website. Read
  3. Hein, Andreas, "Small Interstellar Probes, Riding Laser Beams - The Project Dragonfly Design Competition Workshop", July 17th 2015, Centauri Dreams website. Read
  4. Hein, Andreas, "Project Dragonfly Design Competition Funded", May 11th 2015, Centauri Dreams website. Read
  5. Hein, Andreas, "Project Dragonfly: Design Competitions and Crowdfunding", April 22nd 2015, Centauri Dreams website. Read
  6. Hein, Andreas, "Project Dragonfly: The Case for Small, laser-propelled, distributed probes", Centauri Dreams website, September 5th 2014. Read
  7. Hein, Andreas, "Transcendence Going Interstellar: How the Singularity Might Revolutionize Interstellar Travel", Centauri Dreams website, June 13th 2014. Read
  8. Ashworth, Stephen.A, “Philosophy of the Starship: A Report”, Centauri Dreams website, June 7 2013. Read
  9. Cooper, Keith, “Interstellar Visioneers”, Centauri Dreams website, June 21 2013. Read
  10. Hatherill, Chris, "At the Institute for Interstellar Studies, Researches Unite to Conquer Deep Space", Motherboard.vice.com, 18th September 2012. Read
  11. Long, Kelvin.F, “The Institute for Interstellar Studies”, Centuri Dreams website, 12th October 2012. Read

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