A recent study published in Phys.org suggested that a probe propelled by a solar sail could reach Mars in just 26 days. By ...

Nearly a week after launching to space, a microwave-sized cubesat phoned home for the first time as it prepares to embark on ...

Although delivered in a toaster-sized package, ACS3 will take less than 30 minutes to unfurl into an 860-square-foot sheet of ...

A potential new way to travel through space is set to launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 ...

It's not the first experiment of its kind. Japan launched a spacecraft called IKAROS in 2010, which was widely billed as the ...

Solar sails are an enigmatic and majestic way to travel across the gulf of space. Drawing an analogy to the sail ships of the ...

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has successfully established communication with ground operators and is testing ...

The primary payload on the launch was NEONSAT-1, an Earth observation satellite and the first of a constellation of 11 ...

By taking advantage of the radiation pressure from sunlight, one can easily propel a spacecraft. This has been demonstrated ...

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Mission is on its way! The spacecraft lifted off from the launch pad aboard ...

The world's most advanced solar sail spacecraft began its odyssey today at 23:32 GMT as it lifted off atop a Rocket Lab ...

The mission will ride on board Rocket Lab's Electron, reusing one of the rocket's boosters for the first time.