A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is targeting launch on Tuesday, April 23 (Wednesday, April 24 in New Zealand) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron […]
Category:
Ames Research Center, General, Langley Research Center, NASA Centers & Facilities, Small Spacecraft Technology Program, Space Technology Mission Directorate
Posted on
April 17, 2024
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
17
2
1
39
2
297
43
45
1
1
7
3
1
1
29
10
198
105
1
104
33
10
6
1
16
135
3
6
1
203
3
1
10
45
1
10
354
1
1
68
2
51
3
2
1
2
11
2
1
5
1
2
1
30
4
1
137
17
21
1
93
13
109
2
4
14
111
13
10
1
18
163
2
1
14
21
3
3
57
1
180
7
3
2
396
6
1
33
13
63
34
4
27
1
38
6
1
374
25
18
17
2
1
4
57
34
3
110
3
48
4
1
13
1
15
5
1
271
12
227
1
5
35
6
1
362
2
12
18
5
126
1
1
6
10
1
8
12
1
155
2
1
20
10
10
2
10
10
3
1
2
149
10
3
41
1
2
17
1
8
15
14
1
1
30
2
379
26
215
45
2
18
1
4
642
47
7
1
1
10
2
6
1
17
38
14
5
Blog Posts
Perseids Meteor Shower
August 13, 2026
APOD: 2026 August 13 – Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain
August 13, 2026