Breakthrough Watch and European Southern Observatory Achieve First Light on Upgraded Planet-finding Instrument “Pete Worden, Executive Director of the Breakthrough Initiatives, said: “We’re delighted to collaborate with the ESO in […]
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Starship Precursors Conduct Orbital Test Flight
In Quest to Reach Alpha Centauri, Breakthrough Starshot Launches World’s Smallest Spacecraft “Breakthrough Starshot, a multi-faceted program to develop and launch practical interstellar space missions, successfully flew its first spacecraft […]
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Understanding NASA's Global Reach
A young boy in Chile wearing a NASA t-shirt explains a computer game to Pete Worden from Breakthrough Initiatives. How did he get that t-shirt? Why is he wearing it?