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. An experimental NASA solar sail can be seen in the ...

Of course, traditional wind sails could not handle the demand of today's shipping industry, but a new type of sail definitely ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election A giant solar sail recently unfurled by Nasa has been ...

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 ...

TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. A new kind of solar power: NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System recently hitched a ride to space on Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle.

This artist’s concept shows the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft sailing in space using the energy of the Sun. © NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart ...

Don't worry, it's doing fine. On April 23, NASA launched a solar sail protype to orbit around our planet — a piece of technology that could very well revolutionize the way we think about ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Nasa has unfurled a solar sail in space for the first ...

On Aug. 29, the ASC3 spacecraft deployed its 860-square-foot solar sail from an altitude about 600 miles above Earth—roughly twice as high as the International Space Station. While in orbit ...

Retrofitting giant, rigid sails to a cargo ship has effectively cut its fuel use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, shipping firm data shows. The Pyxis Ocean tested the British-designed WindWings ...

NASA has released the first look at its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) in orbit. Although the agency describes the device as currently “slowly tumbling” around the planet at an ...

The government was widely criticized for this approach, and on this deployment to the Indo-Pacific, leaders decided to sail through the strait en route from South Korea to the Philippines in a ...