Kevin France and his team are using sounding rockets with attached half-meter optical telescopes to look at Alpha Centauri A & B. The goal is to understand what types of host stars are the most conducive to habitable environments!

Read more about it here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2022/05/13/nasa-funded-sounding-rockets-to-probe-nearby-stars-habitable-zones/?sh=4dd9b2317d93