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 ...
A potential new way to travel through space is set to launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 ...
A NASA solar sail mission meant to test new space travel materials in Earth's orbit is scheduled to lift off no sooner than April 24, the space agency announced on Thursday (April 11). Named the ...
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, ...
The ACS3’s solar sail is made of a reflective polymer and is held by a boom made of carbon fiber composite material. Previous solar sail tests have used metal booms that have te ...
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 ...
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 ...
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