TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. A new kind of solar power: NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System recently hitched a ride to space on Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle.

The Emirates Dubai Sail GP marks the start of an expanded season that features new events in iconic waterfront locations in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland and Auckland, as well as a return to Great ...

Don't worry, it's doing fine. 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 ...

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) can be seen with the naked eye as it orbits Earth, and can be tracked with a helpful app. An experimental NASA solar sail can be seen in the ...

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 ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Nasa has unfurled a solar sail in space for the first ...

On Aug. 29, the ASC3 spacecraft deployed its 860-square-foot solar sail from an altitude about 600 miles above Earth—roughly twice as high as the International Space Station. While in orbit ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election A giant solar sail recently unfurled by Nasa has been ...

NASA / Aero Animation / Ben Schweighart Earlier this year, NASA loaded a microwave-sized device packed with a four-piece, 860-square-foot, ultra-thin solar sail aboard a rocket and launched it on ...

This artist’s concept shows the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft sailing in space using the energy of the Sun. © NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart ...

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Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the night sky from many locations across the world! Can you spot the solar sail?