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Rocket Lab's Electron 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.
An upcoming NASA mission meant to test new solar sail technology will launch no sooner than April 24, 2024.
Rocket Lab launched a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech this evening (April 23).
The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is scheduled to lift off Wednesday in New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from NASA's Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula.
The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is scheduled for launch on Tuesday, April 23 on board Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from New Zealand.
The device was taken to space onboard a rocket belonging to Rocket Lab Electron, which lifted off from the company's Launch Complex 1 located in New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
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NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space - MSNNASA'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 ...
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.
Science Space satellite nasa NASA's "next-gen" solar sail spacecraft is ready to launch for practical testing The satellite will hitch a ride with Rocket Lab's Electron rocket later this month By ...
NASA Launches Solar Sail to Test Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel The mission rode aboard Rocket Lab's Electron, reusing one of the rocket's boosters for the first time.
While the Rocket Lab launch was delayed by about 17 minutes following a ground systems issue, it marked the second liftoff in just a 16-minute span after SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into ...
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