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A Mission That Could Reach Mercury on Solar Sails Alone
03 Apr 2025 21:59 GMT
… to pull off in practice. NanoSail D2, the Planetary Society’s …
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NASA's solar-sailing spacecraft has a bent boom in Earth orbit (photo)
25 Oct 2024 15:16 GMT
… 2010.)
NASA's tiny NanoSail-D craft deployed its sails …
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China's 'Thousand Sails' Joins Starlink as the Latest Mega-Satellite Constellation in Orbit
22 Oct 2024 00:00 GMT
… reentry disposal. Previous missions, including NanoSail-D2 and Planetary Society’s …
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China’s ‘Thousand Sails’ Joins Starlink as the Latest Mega-Satellite Constellation in Orbit
22 Oct 2024 16:56 GMT
… reentry disposal. Previous missions, including NanoSail-D2 and Planetary Society’s …
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‘3 Body Problem’ Season 1 Finale Recap: “Wallfacer”
29 Mar 2024 01:16 GMT
… successful deployment of Auggie’s nanosail, and pushes the probe past …
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‘3 Body Problem’ Episode 7 Recap: “Only Advance”
27 Mar 2024 23:33 GMT
… cryo tube, bolted to a nanosail, and hurtling toward them at …
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NASA solar sail tech is ready – now who's up to use it in a mission?
14 Feb 2024 12:44 GMT
… demonstrators include NASA's NanoSail-D, which was lost in … 1 vehicle. A ground spare, NanoSail-D2, was subsequently launched in …
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The giant shadow sail is thinner than a human hair
18 Feb 2024 09:05 GMT
… a small solar sail called Nanosail-D. Two of the Planetary …
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Watch NASA unfurl basketball-court-sized solar sail for deep space propulsion (video)
14 Feb 2024 20:00 GMT
… have included NASA's NanoSail-D and the Planetary Society …
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What Is the Speed of Light? The Speed Limit of the Universe, Explained
13 Jan 2024 14:01 GMT
… electrostatic fields.
NASA's NanoSailD2 steered itself with physical attitude … . More recently, NASA's NanoSail-D2 satellite and the Planetary …