April 23 (UPI) --Rocket Lab launched NASA's new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo weeks of testing, using sunlight to propel it through the solar system. The solar sail ...

Rocket Lab launched a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech to orbit this evening (April 23). The agency's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, or ACS3 for ...

Named the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System ... from previous technology, NASA said in a statement. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch onboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from the ...

April 22 (UPI) --NASA is gearing up for a launch this week that will test a new way to navigate the solar system, using a large sail to catch the sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System ...

A new experimental mission by NASA ... Solar Sail System (ACS3) is scheduled for launch on Tuesday during a launch window that opens at 6 p.m. ET. The mission will lift off on board a Rocket ...

A sped up animation of the solar sail unfurling in space, a process that takes about 25 minutes to complete. Gif: NASA ... System(ACS3) is scheduled for launch on Tuesday, April 23 on board Rocket ...

NASA officials say this could enable ambitious, lower-cost deep space missions. The solar sail system could launch as early as April 24 aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle from New Zealand.

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) caught a ride to space on April 24 on Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle and, at the end of August, NASA shared in a release that its mission ...

In a nutshell: NASA ... Solar Sail System (ACS3) is a newly designed satellite meant to test the deployment of the solar-powered propulsion system. The craft launches from New Zealand aboard ...

"Welcome to orbit, NEONSAT-1 and NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System," Rocket Lab wrote in a post on X. "Mission success for our 47th Electron launch." Welcome to orbit, NEONSAT-1 and NASA's ...

MAHIA PENINSULA, New Zealand (WKRC) - NASA ... Solar Sail System (ACS3) was launched Tuesday at around 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The device was taken to space onboard a rocket belonging to Rocket ...