Dr. Mae Jemison to Lead Interstellar Travel Capabilities Workshop at Howard University by way of 100 Year Starship® (100YSS) Initiative

Dr. Mae Jemison to Lead Interstellar Travel Capabilities Workshop at Howard University by way of 100 Year Starship® (100YSS) Initiative

WASHINGTON, DC —Dr. Mae Jemison—the primary lady of coloration on this planet to enter area—will go to Howard University on April 27-28, 2026 to host a visionary workshop centered on the 100 Year Starship® (100YSS®) initiative. Titled “How Fast Can We Go? How Much Energy Do We Need?”, the workshop will carry collectively college students with college and main innovators to discover the profound technological and social breakthroughs required to realize human interstellar flight.

The 100 Year Starship mission, based by Dr. Jemison with help from DARPA, is just not merely about constructing a spacecraft; it’s a world initiative targeted on making certain that the capabilities for human journey to a different star system exist throughout the subsequent century. The Howard University workshop will emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of this journey, highlighting how the challenges of deep area journey—akin to sustainable power, superior drugs, and useful resource administration—can drive transformative options for all times right here on Earth at present.

“Interstellar flight requires a level of radical leaps in knowledge, technical capabilities and human systems that transcends all traditional boundaries,” stated Dr. Mae Jemison. “By engaging with the brilliant minds at Howard University, we are ensuring that the future of space exploration is built on a foundation of diverse perspectives and multidisciplinary expertise. We are not just reaching for the stars; we are enhancing our capacity for a better life on our home planet.”

“Howard University has a storied history of leadership in science and medicine,” stated Dr. Sonya T. Smith, Research Institute on Tactical Autonomy (RITA) Executive Director and co-host for the workshop. “Welcoming Dr. Jemison and the 100YSS team provides our students with a unique opportunity to lead the conversation on the next frontier of human achievement.”

Event Details:

• What: How Fast Can We Go? How Much Energy Do We Need
• When: April 27 & 28, 12 Noon– 5:00 PM
• Where: Multipurpose Room, Interdisciplinary Research Building Howard University
• Admission: Open to Howard University college students and school; restricted press seating accessible.

About 100 Year Starship (100YSS)

100 Year Starship™ (100YSS) is an unbiased, non-governmental, long-term initiative to make sure the capabilities for human interstellar flight exist as quickly as attainable, and throughout the subsequent 100 years. 100YSS was began in 2012 with seed-funding by way of a aggressive grant from DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) for the aim of facilitating the kind of explosive innovation and expertise and social advances born from addressing such an unbelievable problem. The group works to foster the novel leaps in data and expertise wanted to realize interstellar flight whereas making certain these breakthroughs are used to reinforce life on Earth.

To foster such innovation, 100YSS engages in collaborative worldwide packages and tasks in analysis and innovation, science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic (STEM) capability constructing, entrepreneurship, and training tasks with and between organizations, firms, universities and people. 

About the RITA UARC

Established in 2023, the Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy, University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) is the fifteenth UARC and the primary sponsored by the Department of the Air Force. Led by Howard University, the UARC operates as a consortium of 9 universities targeted on advancing utilized analysis, growth, testing, and analysis for fieldable tactical autonomy.

About Howard University 

Founded in 1867, Howard University is a personal, analysis college that’s comprised of 14 colleges and schools. Students pursue research in additional than 120 areas resulting in undergraduate, graduate {and professional} levels. The University operates with a dedication to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, 4 Rhodes Scholars, 11 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and greater than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard additionally produces extra on-campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than some other college within the United States. For extra data on Howard University, go to www.howard.edu.