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

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...

“Wind power was the next step. bound4blue’s suction sails have been chosen so we can determine the potential of wind propulsion in the continued work to reduce our emissions. “It’ll be ...

The installation took place at the EDR Antwerp Shipyard as the final stage of a thorough process. The deck of a chemical tanker is covered in pipes for the multiple cargo tanks. Integrating the sail ...

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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 ...

Wind propulsion firm GT Wings has completed the installation of its 20-meter AirWing wind propulsion system on a general cargo vessel Vectis Progress operated by Carisbrooke Shipping. The vessel has ...

It is a wing sail propulsion system fastened on the forecastle of the 10,260-dwt Vectis Progress (built 2012), somewhat off the portside of its centreline. TradeWinds ShipTech Your new weekly ...

Spanish cleantech firm Bound4blue has now completed the installation of its eSAIL suction sails on 50,322-dwt tanker ... The fully autonomous wind-assisted propulsion system will help the vessel ...

It is unlike chemical propulsion that involves combustion and high thrust, but instead, these systems-electrical, nuclear, and solar sail propulsion-will offer extensive operational life ...