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Monographs & Reports

Our team has produced a collection of monographs and special reports.

Initial Considerations for the Interstellar (Andromeda) Probe: A Three Day Study, 2016

This was a technical report produced for Breakthrough Initiative Project Starshot ahead of their 12th April 2016 announcement of this exciting project. The project team was comprised of fifteen individuals but was led by Andreas Hein and Kelvin F. Long. Read more.

Full report: arXiv:1708.03556 [astro-ph.IM]


Starship Engineering, Foundation Topics for Interstellar Space Exploration, 2015

This was a publication produced by Rob Swinney and Kelvin F. Long as a backgrounder for the Starship Engineer course which is organised by the Educational Academy Committee.


Voices, 2014

Voices is a publication to facilitate a voice to the interstellar community at large. It is not just the opinions of members of i4is but anyone else that wishes to express an opinion. The first issue was produced for the near year of 2014 and was originally due for a January release. But here is its, the first issue of Voices edited by i4is Director Keith Cooper.

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Europlanet Symposium

2 October 2026

Mention must be made of Annual Europlanet Science Congress 2026, Symposium, which took place in Netherlands this September. Our Executive Director, Andreas Hein chaired the session on Interstellar Objects (ISOs). T. Marshall Eubanks (Space Initiatives Inc, USA) gave the invited talk at the beginning, highlighting our efforts to coordinate the observation campaign of 3I/ATLAS. See […]

Science/Science Fiction Workshop in University of Derby, UK

2 October 2026

We are delighted to highlight an event organised by our long-term supporter, PhD Candidate (and our original Executive Secretary!) Sarah Margree. It’s a star-studded panel with Alastair Reynolds, Ian C Douglas, Professor Ian Turner, our Deputy Director Rob Swinney and Luke Cabot. Then Sarah and Jean Asselin will lead an afternoon of science fiction writing […]

Europlanet Symposium

2 October 2026

Mention must be made of Annual Europlanet Science Congress 2026, Symposium, which took place in Netherlands this September. Our Executive Director, Andreas Hein chaired the session on Interstellar Objects (ISOs). T. Marshall Eubanks (Space Initiatives Inc, USA) gave the invited talk at the beginning, highlighting our efforts to coordinate the observation campaign of 3I/ATLAS. See […]

Members Newsletter – September

30 September 2026

A selection of recent items from our researchers and members Science/Science Fiction Workshop in University of Derby, UK We are delighted to highlight an event organised by our long-term supporter, PhD Candidate (and our original Executive Secretary!) Sarah Margree. It’s a star-studded panel with Alastair Reynolds, Ian C Douglas, Professor Ian Turner, our Deputy Director […]

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