Similar to the way a sail boat is propelled by wind, the craft is pushed by light from the sun
An artist’s concept of Nasa’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft in orbit. Photo: Nasa/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart
Anthony Cuthbertson
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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 1,000km above Earth last Thursday, four months after launching it into space.
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/nasa-unfurls-giant-solar-sail-and-you-can-see-it-from-earth/a919633423.html
