NASA to launch solar sail, navigate space using sunlight

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 22, 2024

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 is scheduled to lift off Wednesday in New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from NASA's Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula. "We can sail, we can sail with solar sail tech, launching no earlier t