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NASA Set to Launch Solar Sail for Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel
The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is scheduled for launch on Tuesday, April 23 on board Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from New Zealand. The mission will use composite booms in Earth orbit for the first time, testing their ability to deploy the sail in orbit.
NASA Langley is testing solar sail technology that could reduce costs of space missions
NASA’s solar sail technology could be launching as soon as later this month from a Rocket Lab launch complex in New Zealand.
NASA to hoist its sail: Solar sail mission gets ready for launch
A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space—not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is targeting launch on Tuesday,
NASA's next-generation solar sail ready to launch into space
NASA is working to expand our understanding of the sun and the solar system. On Tuesday, researchers at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton talked about its next-generation solar sail technology,
NASA Langley shows off solar sail spacecraft
If you want to send a rocket into space to orbit the Earth, you need a lot of fuel to get that done quickly and safely. If you want to go to the Moon, Mars or beyond, you will need even more fuel. But what if you could get there just by using the solar wind?
NASA Langley Research Center highlights new solar sail ahead of upcoming launch
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'Like a large drone': NASA to launch Dragonfly rotorcraft lander on Saturn's moon Titan
NASA announced it will launch Dragonfly, a rotorcraft lander, to Saturn's 'organic-rich moon' Titan in July 2028.
NASA's Juno gives aerial views of mountain and lava lake on Io
Scientists on NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have transformed data collected during two recent flybys of Io into animations ...
'An Exciting Challenge': NASA Plans Rare Repair Spacewalk to Fix Busted Telescope
“Blocking some of the light leaking in would allow us to return to more normal operations around the clock,” Zaven ...
In Photos: See NASA’s Jaw-Dropping New Images Of Jupiter And Its Moons
Volcanic moon Io and icy moon Europa star in the latest batch of images sent back from NASA’s Juno spacecraft in orbit of ...
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Nelson defends “very tough choices” in NASA’s budget proposal
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson defended the agency’s plans to cut back or cancel some agency programs at a House hearing.
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NASA still investigating Orion heat shield issues from Artemis 1 moon mission
Post-flight inspection of the Artemis 1 Orion heat shield showed an unanticipated loss of char layer pieces from the ...
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NASA greenlights 2028 launch for epic Dragonfly mission to Saturn's huge moon Titan
N ASA's delayed Dragonfly drone mission to Saturn's largest moon Titan is on track to launch in July 2028, the space agency ...
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SpaceX’s Starship Could Save NASA’s Beleaguered Mars Sample Return Mission
Facing budgetary pressure for its Mars Sample Return program, NASA has turned to private industry for ideas—perhaps with one ...
NASA's chief says China is being 'very, very secretive' and pretending its space projects aren't linked to the military
Nelson has regularly warned that the world may face dire consequences if China reaches the surface of the moon first, which ...
NASA welcomes Switzerland, Sweden as countries sign Artemis Accords
The United States welcomed Switzerland and Sweden as the latest countries to sign NASA's Artemis Accords, also known as the ...
NASA gives green light to mission to send car-sized drone to Saturn moon
NASA’s Mars helicopter mission is now officially over, but following it is an even more complex flying machine destined to ...
La NASA recuerda la foto de un cráter en la Luna a 25 años de su publicación
Hace 25 años, el telescopio Hubble de la NASA captó esta imagen de la Luna. Se trata de Copérnico, un cráter que tiene 93 km ...