Since June last year, KARI has studied technology for solar diffraction propulsion for navigating spacecraft. The solar sail generates power by using photons emitted by the sun, similar to how a ...

In Lower Decks and other Trek shows (as well as Star Wars) the solar sails on the ships are big, but not big enough. And, Johnson points out, very often these sails aren’t even the right color.

Selar's Captain Arctic is a revolutionary cruise ship featuring 114-foot solar sails and hydro turbines for sustainable Arctic exploration. Captain Arctic is equipped with state-of-the-art ...

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is still spinning through space uncontrollably. One of its boom arms has a bend as well.

An artist’s concept of NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft in Earth orbit. NASA / Aero Animation / Ben Schweighart Earlier this year, NASA loaded a microwave-sized device ...

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) can be seen with the naked eye as it orbits Earth, and can be tracked with a helpful app.

A NASA spacecraft erected a large, foil solar sail in orbit around Earth last week, after a failed attempt days earlier. However, subsequent observations of the spacecraft show it is "tumbling or ...

NASA has confirmed its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has successfully deployed in Earth's orbit ahead of its maneuvering test.

Solar sails are an exciting way to travel through the solar system because they get their propulsion from the sun. NASA has developed several solar sails, and their newest, the Advanced Composite ...

NASA’s solar sail mission launched in April to test new materials and deployable structures for a propulsion system that runs on photons from the Sun.