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NASA Next-Gen Solar Sail Boom Technology Ready for Launch

To be Launched by Rocket Lab Aboard an Electron Rocket

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Tom Patton
Apr 17, 2024
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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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