interstellar mission
Journey between suns
An interstellar mission is a spacecraft voyage intended to travel beyond our solar system to another star or into the space between stars.
No such mission has yet reached interstellar space in the full sense, though Voyager probes have crossed the boundary where solar wind gives way to the interstellar medium.
The term appears in both scientific planning and science fiction: an interstellar mission to Alpha Centauri, The interstellar mission would take generations to complete.
- voyageJourney by sea
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- probeThorough examination or tool
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
boldly go · final frontier · lightyears · light year · deep space · warp · warp drive · ion engine · propulsion · crew · cryosleep · suspended animation · exoplanet · first contact · frontier · ion engine · exploration · trajectory
interstellar missionocean exploration
Studying the seas firsthand
polar expedition · underground exploration · archaeological dig · geological survey
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