LightSail 2 successfully demonstrates Flight by Light
The Planetary Society’s crowdfunded LightSail 2 spacecraft is successfully raising its orbit solely on the power of sunlight.
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LightSail A in space
‘LightSail A’ accomplished its first challenging test mission to low Earth orbit, unfurling its 32 square meter mylar solar sail on June 7.
LightSail- Solar Sailing Spacecraft on Kickstarter
LightSail revolutionary Solar Sailing Spacecraft project, now is gathering funds on Kickstarter.
LightSail spacecraft will Flight by Light
The Planetary Society is realizing 1976 Carl Sagan’s solar sailing dream, nearly 40 years later, with a new spacecraft called LightSail designed to propel through space on
Solar Sail could take Science to New Heights
Diffractive solar sails, depicted in this conceptual illustration, could enable missions to hard-to-reach places, like orbits over the Sun’s poles.
The Science Behind Solar Sails
The solar sail is propelled only by sunlight. Watch Bill Nye explains the science behind solar sails.
Sailing in Space on Sunlight
Planetary Society launched its crowdfunded LightSail 2 spacecraft on June 25 and expanded its solar sail.
A Laser so Powerful it could send a spacecraft to Mars in Days
Scientists are developing a laser so powerful it could send a spacecraft to Mars in days.
Could Radio Bursts be Powering Alien Spaceships?
Scientists said that mystery radio bursts detected back in 2007, are powering alien spaceships.
NASA’s Tiny Spacecraft will travels at 1/5 the speed of light
NASA is developing a tiny spacecraft that will travel at 20 percent the speed of light.