Category
page 1Hypothetical spacecraft
Project Daedalus
study conducted by the British Interplanetary Society about a probe using a fusion rocket to reach Barnard’s Star
generation ship
interstellar spacecraft able to accommodate multiple generations of passengers
Project Orion
nuclear explosion-powered spacecraft
Bussard ramjet
spacecraft propulsion method that collects its fuel from interstellar dust.
Project Longshot
interstellar spaceprobe
Sea Dragon
1962 concept for a reusable, sea-launched rocket
sleeper ship
spacecraft with passengers put into suspended animation for long duration travel
self-replicating spacecraft
hypothetical spacecraft concept
stellar engine
theoretical megastructure
interstellar ark
hypothetical spacecraft
Parom
The Parom (ferry in Russian) is a space tug that has been proposed by RKK Energia. The purpose of this vehicle is to replace most of the Progress' active components. Progress spacecraft have flown re-supply missions since 1978. Nikolai Bryukhanov, RKK Energia's deputy general designer, said in May 2005 that the Federal Space Agency had received a design for a new space system. According to him, the system's operation principle is completely different from that used by Progress. A launch vehicle first places a Parom reusable inter-orbit "tug" into a 200 km orbit. As this spacecraft will no
Bracewell probe
hypothetical autonomous artificially intelligent robotic interstellar probe seeking technological civilizations and communicate over short distances once it discovers one
black hole starship
an idea for enabling interstellar travel by propelling a starship using a black hole
Innovative Interstellar Explorer
proposed spacecraft intended to study the interstellar medium