The dream of sending humans to stars is not new, but achieving it is what creates the hurdle. However, Project Hyperion brought together architects, engineers, urban planners, and anthropologists to ...
The Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is) declared three winners of the Project Hyperion Design Competition. Teams designed a generation ship—a crewed interstellar spacecraft designed for a ...
A generation ship is a hypothetical spacecraft designed for long-term interstellar travel, potentially lasting centuries. The concept involves an initial crew living, reproducing, and dying aboard the ...
A generational ship would need entire ecosystems, living quarters, and technology to sustain life for centuries in space.
The European Space Agency signed a contract Monday with Avio, the Italian company behind the small Vega rocket, to begin designing a reusable upper stage capable of flying into orbit, returning to ...