The desire to explore has compelled many to create new technologies for millennia. For example, we invented ships that ...

The space agency shared an image of the fully unfurled solar sail in space ... in a new lightweight boom that will allow faster travel. On its website, NASA explains how its ACS3 technology ...

NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The technology would allow scientists to provide earlier warnings of space weather ...

The solar sail generates power by using photons emitted by the sun, similar to how a sailboat uses wind. By doing so, a spacecraft can travel in space for a long time without a separate power source.

scan the icy blackness of space, and perhaps detect the glow of a dangerous asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Or a solar-sail spacecraft could be placed in orbit almost permanently above ...

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The solar sail is a technology that allows a spacecraft to navigate in outer space for an extended period without fuel, using the principle of reflecting photons emitted by the sun off the sail ...