NASA’s New Solar Sail Has Launched and Deployed https://www.universetoday.com/166759/nasas-new-solar-sail-has-launched-and-deployed/ #advancedcompositesolarsailsystem #rocketpropulsion #solarsailing #solarsail #rockets #ikaros #nasa

Call for Nominations: Advisory Committee Members for the International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS)
#space #SolarSailing

Giving a talk on #SolarSailing at the Airdrie Astronomical Association tonight, come along if in the area!
https://www.airdrieobservatory.com/

Solar Sailing

"And so it's goodbye shiny material, and hello superconductor. A cable just a few meters long could, in theory, produce a field wide enough to deflect the Sun's charged wind on the scale of tens to hundreds of kilometers."

https://www.sciencealert.com/dynamic-soaring-trick-could-speed-spacecraft-across-interstellar-space

#science #space #spacetravel #sailing #solarsailing