Some researchers believe solar sails could advance space travel in the future by allowing the development of spacecraft that ...

NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The technology would allow scientists to provide earlier warnings of space weather ...

scan the icy blackness of space, and perhaps detect the glow of a dangerous asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Or a solar-sail spacecraft could be placed in orbit almost permanently above ...

On September 5, NASA shared the first image captured of its solar sail prototype spacecraft flying in space. While solar sail technology is still in the early stages of development, it could ...

The satellite is the space agency's first attempt at utilizing solar sails in low-Earth orbit, and may mark a huge step towards achievable interstellar travel. NanoSail-D will be NASA's first ...

It works similarly to how wind pushes against a sail on a boat. So too can sunlight push against a spacecraft to propel it through space. Incidentally, we call these spacecraft solar sails.

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The solar sail generates power by using photons emitted by the sun, similar to how a sailboat uses wind. By doing so, a spacecraft can travel in space for a long time without a separate power source.

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The solar sail is a technology that allows a spacecraft to navigate in outer space for an extended period without fuel, using the principle of reflecting photons emitted by the sun off the sail ...