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.
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The Science Behind Solar Sails
The solar sail is propelled only by sunlight. Watch Bill Nye explains the science behind solar sails.
New Ship wit Solar Sails Harnesses the Power of Sun and Wind
New ship with ‘EnergySails,’ harnesses at the same time solar and wind energy.
Kathreen Solar Sailing Yacht
The Kathreen 45m long luxury sailing yacht, inspired by a swordfish, has two solid structured solar sails.
50 meters sailing yacht with Solar Sails
Aquila is a 50 meters conceptual sailing yacht, with solar sails.
LightSail- Solar Sailing Spacecraft on Kickstarter
LightSail revolutionary Solar Sailing Spacecraft project, now is gathering funds on Kickstarter.
Largest solar sail ever to fly in 2014
Largest solar sail ever to fly in 2014, by a NASA research team In-Space Demonstration of a Mission-Capable Solar Sail. An ultra-thin sail unfurling in
Largest Solar Sail ever
NASA is planning to test out the feasibility of space travel via solar sails by putting the largest one ever constructed into space. The huge
Solar Sail Arrays Could be Used to Divert Incoming Asteroids
Most asteroid diversion schemes tend to involve some kind of impact – an explosion, a crash, a violent shove – but a French researcher has
P1 Solar-Powered Sailing Yacht
This new 55ft (17m) P1 solar-powered concept boat, can transform into a sailing yacht.
