Nasa has unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time, aiming to harness the propulsive power of sunlight for interstellar travel. The US space agency revealed that it had deployed the solar sail ...

BREVARD COUNTY • FLORIDA – NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and ...

A solar sail is designed to capture the tiny amounts of radiation pressure exerted by sunlight to propel a spacecraft to incredible speeds. The advantages are numerous: by acting like a sailing ship ...

NASA plans two January 2026 spacewalks on the ISS to prepare solar arrays, replace cameras, and maintain ammonia systems, supporting ongoing station operations and future missions.

On April 23, NASA launched a solar sail protype to orbit around our planet — a piece of technology that could very well revolutionize the way we think about spacecraft propulsion. Then, on Aug. 29, ...

Ascent Solar Technologies announced its collaboration with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Glenn Research Center to enhance capabilities for receiving beamed power using its CIGS photovoltaic ...

NASA plans to build larger solar sails that can generate more thrust. A new unique composite carbon fiber booms, the ACS3 system has the potential to support sails as large as 2,000 square meters, or ...

As the International Space Station orbits Earth, its four pairs of solar arrays soak up the sun’s energy to provide electrical power for the numerous research and science investigations conducted ...

The mission launched in April to test a cost-effective form of space travel that relies on the Sun, but it's not going as planned. Reading time 2 minutes It’s been a few months since launch, and ...

Data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has enabled astronomers to map the unssen surface of the sun's atmosphere for the first time.

Space-based solar power could deliver clean electricity day and night, but launch costs, safety, and scale remain major ...

In the center, a gold, rotating Sun. Gold and black swirls across the surface of the Sun. Around the edges, streams of golden solar particles escape the star, into space. A composite video from NASA’s ...