Innovative Diffractive Solar Sail Funded by NASA Could Take Science to Exciting New Destinations - SciTechDaily

As NASA's exploration continues to push boundaries, a new solar sail concept has been selected by the agency for development toward a demonstration mission that could carry science to new destinations. The Diffractive Solar Sailing project was selected for Ph…

ByNASAMay 25, 2022 Diffractive solar sails, depicted in this conceptual illustration, could enable missions to hard-to-reach places, like orbits over the Suns poles. Credit: MacKenzi Martin As NASA… [+5274 chars]

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