Rocket Lab to launch NASA's new solar sail technology no earlier than April 24

A NASA solar sail mission meant to test new space travel materials in Earth's orbit is scheduled to lift off no sooner than April 24, the space agency announced on Thursday (April 11). Read More

WATCH: NASA Next-Generation Solar Sail Boom Technology Ready for Launch from New Zealand

Sailing through space might sound like something out of science fiction, but the concept is no longer limited to books or the big screen. Read More

Invitation to Press Event on NASA’s Innovative Solar Sail Technology

This technology may pave the way for cost-efficient space missions exploring the dynamics of the Sun and our solar system.  The briefing will take place between 10 and 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at ... Read More

Looming Launch: NASA’s Novel Solar Sail Boom Tech Set For Takeoff

The dream of navigating the cosmos as one would sail the seas is coming to fruition. April heralds the inaugural voyage of an innovative solar sail technology, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System ... Read More

NASA's New Solar Sail Spacecraft Will Shine So Bright We'll See It From Earth

American space agency NASA is getting ready to launch a new solar sail prototype that promises to revolutionize research in this field ... Read More

Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch Mission for KAIST and NASA to Deploy Satellites to Two Separate Orbits

NASA’s ACS3 is a technology demonstration of new materials and deployable structures for solar sail propulsion ... details: Launch window: opens no-earlier-than April 24, 2024. Read More

Rocket Lab sets launch window for next Electron mission

Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ:RKLB) set the launch window for its next Electron launch to begin on April ... NASA’s ACS3 is a technology demonstration of new materials and deployable structures for ... Read More

NASA to launch sounding rockets into moon's shadow during solar eclipse

NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April ... of Technology's Haystack Observatory in Massachusetts and the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico ... Read More

Why NASA Will Fire Three Rockets At The Solar Eclipse

NASA has announced it will fire three scientific sounding rockets into the moon’s shadow on Monday, April 8 during a partial solar ... Just as from New Mexico, the rockets will launch before ... Read More

Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch Mission for KAIST and NASA to Deploy Satellites to Two Separate Orbits

The ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a 14-day launch window that opens on April 24 th ... and Technology (KAIST), ... Read More