NASA Next-Gen Solar Sail Boom Technology Ready for Launch
To be Launched by Rocket Lab Aboard an Electron Rocket
A next-generation solar sail technology – known as the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System – will launch aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand later this month. The technology could advance future space travel and expand our understanding of our Sun and solar system.
“The hope is that the new techn…
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