NASA has launched the latest attempt to test solar sail propulsion technology. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), consisting of a CubeSat the size of a microwave oven and a solar ...

Rocket Lab is showing that's about more than just rockets.

Sydney-based technology company Solar Sailor is working on a "solar sail" which could act as both a sail and a solar power source to all sorts of large vessels. Super-yachts owned by billionaires ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN)-- Described as "possibly the greatest evolution in boats since the advent of steam," an ingenuously simple concept that combines sun and wind power with ...

The innovative part of the mission, however, is the large solar sail it would unfurl once it's in space. This would be the spacecraft's sole means of maneuvering and propulsion to reach and ...

ECF 2024 Quadchart Oguri.pdfKenshiro OguriPurdue UniversityThis project will investigate one of the key fundamental challenges associated ...