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
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Is 'Oumuamua an interstellar spaceship? I'm still going with 'no.'
Phil Plait
Nov 7, 2018
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‘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
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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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