ASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart SHARE NASA hitched a ride aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron Launcher in New Zealand yesterday evening, and is preparing to test a new, highly advanced solar sail ...

April 22 (UPI) --NASA is gearing up for a launch this week that will test a new way to navigate the solar system, using a large sail to catch the sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System ...

April 22 (UPI) --NASA is gearing up for a launch this week that will test a new way to navigate the solar system, using a large sail to catch the sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System ...

April 22 (UPI) --NASA is gearing up for a launch this week that will test a new way to navigate the solar system, using a large sail to catch the sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is ...

April 23 (UPI) --Rocket Lab launched NASA's new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo weeks of testing, using sunlight to propel it through the solar system. The solar sail ...

Rocket Lab launched a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech to orbit this evening (April 23). The agency's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, or ACS3 for ...

A new experimental mission by NASA is now flying in orbit, aiming to use photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher altitudes. Update: April 24, 8:33 a.m. ET: Rocket Lab’s Electron blasted ...

Rocket Lab launched a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech to orbit this evening (April 23). The agency's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, or ACS3 for ...

Video footage from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows that, around 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday evening, four solar flares erupted at once across the visible surface of the sun.

So NASA is testing a new design dubbed the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System. It was deployed in orbit just a few days ago after flying on a Rocket Lab launch. To be effective, the deployed ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you somehow haven’t heard already, there’s going to be a solar eclipse today, April 8. The sun, moon, and Earth are going to be perfectly ...