NASA to Hoist Its Sail: Solar Sail Mission Gets Ready for Launch

A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail Systemis targeting launch on Tuesday, April 23 Wednesday, April 24 in New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/image...
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