Solar Sails

Artwork depicting The Planetary Society’s solar sail in space. Credit: Josh Sprading / The Planetary Society
Soon, we may be sailing between the planets on a beam of sunlight
Phil Plait
Jul 8, 2019
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Is 'Oumuamua an interstellar spaceship? I'm still going with 'no.'
Phil Plait
Nov 7, 2018
‘Oumuamua, an asteroid from another solar system, is quite elongated and look very much like this artist’s impression of it. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
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Image of the Day: Bill Nye's LightSail space craft with solar sail unfurled
Trent Moore
Jun 15, 2015
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Following 8 days of lost connectivity, experimental solar sail craft back online
Trent Moore
Jun 1, 2015
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Bill Nye's LightSail project prepping test flight to prove viability of solar sails
Trent Moore
May 8, 2015
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NASA looking at an older technology to lead humanity's charge into deep space
Trent Moore
May 29, 2014
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