Today we celebrate three years in space

On the first of May three years ago we launched Project Poxima the world's first internet based space mission.

Project Proxima is a hypothetical, light-speed space mission to the Proxima Centauri star system. The aim is to create a teaching tool that helps explain the vastness of interstellar space (it's big, reaaally BIG!).

Today Proxima has traveled nearly 28 trillion km - that's about 70% of the total distance.

A lot has happened in the time since launch: perhaps most notably are the rise of Trump and the British referendum on Brexit. Most interestingly, however, that since launching the Project Proxima mission, scientists have discovered an earth-like planet in orbit around the Proxima Centauri system.

You can get involved in the mission by following on Twitter, or tracking the progress on the website.

You can also become an official supporter and sign up for email alerts.

Want to read more about Project Proxima?

Try these other posts from this blog.

Today we celebrate two years in space

On the first of May two years ago we launched Project Poxima the world's first internet based space mission.

Project Proxima is a hypothetical, light-speed space mission to the Proxima Centauri star system. The aim is to create a teaching tool that helps explain the vastness of interstellar space (it's big).

Today Proxima has traveled nearly 19 trillion km - that's about 47% of the today distance.

A lot has happened in the time since launch: perhaps most notably are the rise of Trump and the British referendum on Brexit. Most interestingly, however, that since launching the Project Proxima mission, scientists have discovered an earth-like planet in orbit around the Proxima Centauri system.

You can get involved in the mission by following on Twitter, or tracking the progress on the website.

You can also become an official supporter and sign up for email alerts.

Want to read more about Project Proxima?

Try these other posts from this blog.

Today we celebrate one year in space

On this day exactly one year ago we launched the world's first hypothetical Internet space mission.

Project Proxima is a light-speed space mission to the Proxima Centauri star system. The aim is to create a teaching tool that helps explain the vastness of interstellar space.

Today, Proxima has travelled over nine trillion km - that's 23% of the way to Proxima Centauri.

A lot has happened in the time since launch: the conservative party won the UK election; we have said farewell to countless well-loved legends of music and screen; Ireland voted for same-sex marriage; liquid water was found on Mars; all countries agreed to reduce carbon emissions; the WHO announced an outbreak of Zika virus, to name a few.

You can get involved in the mission by following on Twitter, or tracking the progress on the website.

You can also become an official supporter and sign up for email alerts.

Here are some nice things people have said about the project:

An interesting thought experiment, wish I'd heard about it before launch.

Travel to Proxima Centauri was (the) theme in Carlsagan Contact nook which my self and my daughter loved very much. To relive the experience is exciting.

Supercool!! Can't wait for launch!

Some other popular Project Proxima posts from last year:

Launch Alert

Create your own solar system

100000 stars

Traversing the solar system at the speed of light

The size of the Universe

A collection of videos demonstrating the size of the Universe that you will gain geek experience points for just watching.

The Known Universe by the American Museum of Natural History is the world’s most complete 3D map of the universe, maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the Hayden Planetarium.  This video takes us from the Himalayas, beyond Earth, through the Milky Way galaxy and beyond my home planet (Planet X05) to finally bathe in the light of the Big Bang.




The original 1977 Powers of Ten video written and directed by Charles and Ray Eames. Travel from Chicago to the depths of inter-galactic space, then back to Chicago and into the sub-atomic world inside a white blood cell.  Each stage of the journey increases or decreases in scale by a power of ten, every ten seconds.





Project Proxima - from Leeds to Proxima Centauri

Intended to demonstrate the vastness of interstellar space, Project Proxima is a hypothetical voyage to the nearest star.  At the time of writing, this thought experiment has managed to achieve 12% of its journey.


Some other interesting posts on this blog:

Journey through the Universe at the speed of light

Introducing Project Proxima

Explore the Solar System

Create your own Solar System

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