Faster Than Light: The Dream of Interstellar Flight / Live Sky Tour

The impulse to strike out into the unknown, to see what is over the horizon, is as old as humanity. Today, a new horizon beckons. Scientists now believe solar systems fill our galaxy, including up to nine billion Sun-like stars with Earth-like planets.

Astronomers are racing to find habitable worlds, including any that might exist in the neighborhood of our Sun. If we find one, how will we get there? How long will it take? What spacecraft designs might one day conquer the voids of space?

Take a virtual ride aboard spacecraft of the future, based on new technologies designed to achieve ultra-high speeds, using exotic fuels and breakthrough concepts in physics. How far can our technology take us?