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 ...

A sped up animation of the solar sail unfurling in space, a process that takes about 25 minutes to complete. Gif: NASA NASA’s experimental solar sail is ready to take flight in Earth orbit ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Here's how you can track the solar eclipse as it crosses the United States. NASA's tracker map allows you to see where the solar eclipse is at this moment. Tap "LIVE" when the map loads up to see ...

NASA shared the captivating YouTube live-stream to witness the total solar eclipse. The moon completely blocked the sun for a brief period during the eclipse. NASA took a friendly dig at itself ...

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 ...

A different kind of solar eclipse took place on X Monday courtesy of NASA’s sun and moon social media accounts. Monday marked a rare and highly-anticipated solar eclipse that took place across ...

NASA launched three sounding rockets at the moon’s shadow during Monday’s total solar eclipse to study how the phenomenon affects the Earth’s atmosphere. The first Atmospheric ...