Interstellar travel

thought experiment in special relativity

type of spacecraft propulsion that takes advantage of solar radiation

term used for hypothetical crewed or uncrewed transport between star systems

thumb|330x330px|Because the sphere travels faster than light, the observer sees nothing until it has already passed. Then, two images appear: one of the sphere arriving (on the right) and one of it departing (on the left). Faster-than-light (superluminal or supercausal) travel and communication are the conjectural propagation of matter or information faster than the speed of light in vacuum (). The special theory of relativity implies that only particles with zero rest mass (i.e., photons) may travel at the speed of light, and that nothing may travel faster.

hypothetical mode of transportation by warping space

study conducted by the British Interplanetary Society about a probe using a fusion rocket to reach Barnard’s Star

interstellar spacecraft able to accommodate multiple generations of passengers

thumb|upright=1.3|An updated version (NASA, 1999) of the Project Orion by the [[United States government (1958–1965). It was the earliest scaled project developing a concept for a spaceship with a propulsion, of fission pulses, that was to be capable to transport humans light years within hundreds of years instead of thousands.]]

nuclear explosion-powered spacecraft

The hypothetical travel that is crewed or uncrewed between galaxies

spacecraft propulsion method that collects its fuel from interstellar dust.

set of programs to search for and communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence

spacecraft with passengers put into suspended animation for long duration travel

theoretical megastructure

proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the solar wind as a source of thrust

grant project to work toward achieving interstellar travel

hypothetical spacecraft

space probe that can travel out of the Solar System

method of space colonization using frozen embryos

proposed spacecraft intended to study the interstellar medium

an idea for enabling interstellar travel by propelling a starship using a black hole

NASA conceptual interstellar ship

feasibility study of space missions to interstellar objects

Type of spacecraft