{"id":604042,"date":"2026-09-02T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/604042\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:02:09","slug":"nonprofit-plans-80000-year-spacecraft-mission-to-alpha-centauri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/604042\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonprofit Plans 80,000-Year Spacecraft Mission To Alpha Centauri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Nonprofit Plans 80,000-Year Spacecraft Mission To Alpha Centauri | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/Garrett-Reim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Reim<\/a><br \/>\n                    September 02, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fermi_explorer_co-founder_26_president2c_philip_johnston2c_pointing_at_the_exact_star2c_alpha_centau.jpeg\" alt=\"Philip Johnston pointing at Alpha Centauri.\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fermi Explorer wants to point and launch a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Fermi Explorer<\/p>\n<p>  Nonprofit Fermi Explorer plans to launch an interstellar spacecraft by the end of 2029 with the goal of reaching Alpha Centauri, a three-star system, a mere 80,000 years later. The startup nonprofit, based in Redmond, Washington, was founded by the same three people who founded Starcloud, a startup&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788386529_23_Reim-Garrett_sized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/Garrett-Reim\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Reim<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Nonprofit Plans 80,000-Year Spacecraft Mission To Alpha Centauri is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nonprofit Plans 80,000-Year Spacecraft Mission To Alpha Centauri | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Garrett Reim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[85,46,141],"class_list":["post-604042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}