About 450 miles above Earth, a small satellite is drifting deeper into the cosmos — powered not by rocket fuel, thrusters or other contraptions. This satellite, called LightSail 2, is sailing on a sunbeam. The prototype spacecraft is the work of the Planetary Society, an international nonprofit headed by famed science communicator Bill Nye. Its mission was declared […]
Among the many spacecraft and satellites ascending to space on Monday's Falcon Heavy launch, the Planetary Society's LightSail 2 may be the most interesting. If all goes well, a week from launch it will be moving through space — slowly, but surely — on nothing more than the force exerted on it by sunlight.
A large enough sail would provide thrust from the pressure of sunlight and, perhaps, laser light beamed from afar, allowing a probe to cover vast distances with no need for fuel.
A prototype solar sailing satellite has just successfully been deployed in orbit, pointing the way to the future of space travel.
Legendary astronomer Carl Sagan once envisioned a solar sailer, a spaceship that uses sunlight radiation to push itself through the solar system much like a ...
NASAは2014年に巨大ソーラーセイル「Sunjammer」の打ち上げを計画している。これまで宇宙実験が行われたソーラーセイルに対し、約7倍の大きさがあるセイルを展開する予定だ。
A new method of space travel is about to get its moment in the sun.
This Earth observation composite image from the International Space Station captures morning sunglint and low clouds over the central Pacific Ocean. The image was put together at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, from a series of photographs taken by Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Jeff Williams on March 25, 2016.
IKAROS could be the first spacecraft to be propelled by sunlight by means of a solar sail.
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LightSail 2 has entered extended mission phase as the Planetary Society continues gathering data on solar sailing spacecraft.
The Planetary Society's second solar sail will attempt to use sunlight to fly through space
About 450 miles above Earth, a small satellite is drifting deeper into the cosmos — powered not by rocket fuel, thrusters or other contraptions. This satellite, called LightSail 2, is sailing on a sunbeam.
