A domestic think tank has developed a "solar sail" to power spacecraft using solar winds. The Korea Aerospace Research ...

Solar sail technology could enhance early space weather warnings, improving protection for satellites and power grids.

NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The ...

N ASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has successfully deployed its solar sail, marking a significant achievement in ...

The mission is designed to test solar sail technology to help NASA develop larger spacecraft in the future using this next-generation propulsion system. Solar sails work similarly to nautical ...

"We have traditionally relied on propulsion to take satellites from one place to another, and solar sail is providing ... center with spools and a sail deployment system, it will include four ...

NanoSail-D will be NASA's first attempt to utilize "solar sail" propulsion in space. Once in free orbit, the satellite is designed to unfurl a 100-square foot mast made from a polymer fabric no ...

The idea of a lightsail comes from the fact that radiation pressure represents a mechanical pressure acting on a surface due ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to ...

45 Days To Mars on the Laser Laser thermal propulsion is a relatively simple ... could one day take us far beyond our own solar system.

Flying on the power of the sun is definitely not a new idea, but it usually involves a battery between the solar panels and the propulsion system. [ukanduit] decided to lose the battery completely ...

A European consortium is applying wind-solar hybrid and tilting wing technology as modular refits of in-service long-distance ...