On September 5, NASA shared the first image captured of its solar sail prototype spacecraft flying in space. While solar sail ...

An experimental NASA solar sail can be seen in the night sky as it orbits the Earth. NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) launched in April 2024 atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket.

NASA loaded a microwave-sized device packed with a four-piece, 860-square-foot, ultra-thin solar sail aboard a rocket and launched it on April 23. That same day, the rocket delivered the object ...

NASA's testing a solar sail system in space, and the spacecraft that brought the tech there has snapped a photo. On April 23, NASA launched a solar sail protype to orbit around our planet — a ...

NASA's app allows skygazers to track sightings of the solar sail from their location, providing the direction of the sky it will be visible, its celestial altitude, and the duration of each sighting.

It seems crazy, but light actually exerts a physical force on objects. It could power a new generation of spacecraft for deep ...

This artist’s concept shows the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft sailing in space using the energy of the Sun. © NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart ...

Europa Clipper will take off on a long journey to Jupiter’s moon Europa. The icy moon could potentially host alien life – and ...

NASA has harnessed the energy of the Sun to power spacecraft and drive scientific discovery across our solar system. Today, NASA continues to advance solar panel technology and test new innovations.

Four months after it blasted off into space, Nasa's solar spacecraft has spread its sails - and now you can spot it from Earth! The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (or ACS3 for short ...

Instead of rocket fuel, LightSail 2 used photons, demonstrating the viability of solar sailing for future space missions.

NASA's Revolutionary 'Solar Sail' Spacecraft Soars Above UK. A revolutionary new NASA spacecraft could be seen flying over the length of the UK in the second week of September 2024. NASA's Advanced ...