Traveling to TRAPPIST-1: How Long Would It Take? | Video

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 - 14:31 in Astronomy & Space

The ultra cool dwarf star system is about 39 light-years from Earth. Find out how long it would take NASA’s Space Shuttle, the New Horizons spacecraft and Breakthrough Starshot’s proposed laser sail-propelled vehicle to travel to the system.

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