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 ...

Over the last two decades, Les Johnson and his team of engineers have quietly been pushing NASA into a new era of space exploration while nobody was paying attention. As an engineer at the legendary ...

NASA is working on something massive, and it will focus on a new spacecraft that would not need engines or burn fuel to get it going as it floats across space and gets to where it needs to go. It is ...

Sails have been in use to propel ships across lakes and oceans for thousands of years. They're simple tools that use the wind to move vessels through the water — and in some cases, across the land.

Space travel technology has advanced so much within the last 53 years. What used to be impossible is now possible, and it seems like the tech just keeps on progressing. But amidst the smoke of rocket ...

PAGE — Resting on a mesa just above Lake Powell, Page High School could be a perfect fit for a highly technical solar boat competition. Nine students enrolled in the school's Talented and Gifted ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Solar power has long been coveted as an energy source for vehicles ...

A giant solar sail recently unfurled by Nasa has been spotted “tumbling” through space. Astronomers captured the 80-square-metre object, which was unfurled last week, appearing to fluctuate in ...

A recent study submitted to Acta Astronautica and currently available on the arXiv preprint server explores the potential for using aerographite solar sails for traveling to Mars and interstellar ...

There’s a pervasive idea in science fiction that the stars themselves could power our adventures among the stars. In Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Count Dooku flies away on a Solar Sailer, while ...