NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3 ... (5:33 UTC), the team obtained data indicating the test of the sail-hoisting boom system was a success. Just like the wind guides a sailboat ...

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 ...

The desire to explore has compelled many to create new technologies for millennia. For example, we invented ships that ...

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has developed a solar sail deployment device that can be applied to a spacecraft traveling with solar wind as its power source. KARI noted that it ...