We hope LightSail 2 will send back beautiful pictures. And we believe it will fundamentally advance the technology of spaceflight. Solar sailing is elegant not only in concept but also in its ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous ... There are several light sail projects in the works, and NASA deployed a solar sail last year, though it has encountered some mechanical ...

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 LightSail 2 satellite, launched in June, may have proved how to lighten the load. It’s currently flying free using only light as fuel. When photons from sunlight hit its silvery sail ...