In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

A new method for manufacturing lightsails that can reach up 20% of the speed of light is making the technology look more viable than ever.

How can lightsail technology advance to help humanity travel to other star systems? This is what a recent study published in ...

Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support ...

The "Powered Innovative Earth-orbiter with Reorientable Inclined Sail" (PIERIS) was selected as part of the JAXA-Small Satellite Rush Program (JAXA-SMASH), an industry, academia, and government ...

Part two of a series on the future of space exploration. We will explore exotic methods of propulsion that could propel us to neighboring star systems and beyond. What will these future propulsion ...

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NASA's futuristic solar sail technology prototype is getting ready to launch to space this year. Like a sail on the ocean propels a boat with the wind, this space sail is meant to propel payloads ...

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) will be visible from the ground. Find out when you can see it on the NASA app on a mobile device. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 49ers’ Low Contract ...

The 40 KW Solar PV System installed at Ispat Executive Hostel of CET, SAIL was inaugurated by Manish Raj Gupta, Director (Technical, Projects & Raw Materials) SAIL. The inaugural function was ...