April 23 (UPI) --Rocket Lab 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.

Named the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, ... NASA picks Rocket Lab to launch shoebox-sized Aspera space telescope in 2026; Rocket Lab launches private Earth-observing satellite to orbit ...

The agency's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, or ACS3 for short, was one of two payloads that lifted off atop a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle from New Zealand today at 6:33 p.m. EDT (2233 GMT ...

An artist’s concept of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft in ... After launch, the Rob Lab Electron rocket will deploy the microwave oven-sized CubeSat about 600 miles ...

A new experimental mission by NASA is now flying in orbit, aiming to use photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher altitudes. Update: April 24, 8:33 a.m. ET: Rocket Lab’s Electron blasted ...

NASA officials say this could enable ambitious, lower-cost deep space missions. The solar sail system could launch as early as April 24 aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle from New Zealand.

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) caught a ride to space on April 24 on Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle and, at the end of August, NASA shared in a release that its mission ...

NASA's "next-gen" solar sail spacecraft is ready to launch for practical testing The satellite will hitch a ride with Rocket Lab's Electron rocket later this month By Cal Jeffrey April 16, 2024, 15:21 ...

"Welcome to orbit, NEONSAT-1 and NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System," Rocket Lab wrote in a post on X. "Mission success for our 47th Electron launch." Welcome to orbit, NEONSAT-1 and NASA's ...

The Solar Sail mission will launch on April 23 on board Rocket Lab's ... NASA’s experimental solar sail is ready to ... of the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System’s solar sail. Photo: NASA.

MAHIA PENINSULA, New Zealand (WKRC) - NASA ... Solar Sail System (ACS3) was launched Tuesday at around 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The device was taken to space onboard a rocket belonging to Rocket ...