A new NASA mission is testing a new way to navigate our solar system by hoisting its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is led by the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The microwave oven-sized CubeSat is scheduled to launch aboard a […]
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Ames Research Center, CubeSats, General, Small Satellite Missions, Space Technology Mission Directorate
Posted on
April 23, 2024
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