Rocket Lab's Electron launched NASA's new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo weeks of testing, using sunlight to propel it through the solar system.
A new experimental mission by NASA is ready to set sail in orbit, using photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher ...
Rocket Lab launched a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech to orbit this evening (April 23). The agency's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, or ACS3 for short, ...
A potential new way to travel through space is set to launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 ...
A recent study published in Phys.org suggested that a probe propelled by a solar sail could reach Mars in just 26 days. By ...
The B.T.S. mission launched on April, 23rd, which is April 24th in New Zealand. The complex it lifted off from is located in ...
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has announced that the 12U nanosatellite bus it built for the in-orbit demonstration of NASA’s ...
Although delivered in a toaster-sized package, ACS3 will take less than 30 minutes to unfurl into an 860-square-foot sheet of ...
NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Mission is on its way! The spacecraft lifted off from the launch pad aboard ...
NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has successfully established communication with ground operators and is testing ...
April 22 (UPI) --NASA is gearing up for a launch this week that will test a new way to navigate the solar system, using a large sail to catch the sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System ...