Spacecraft designed to ride on sunlight deploys its reflective solar sail
Beam me up On July 23rd, a tiny spacecraft in orbit around Earth unfurled a thin sheet of mylar that’s the area of a boxing ring. The result is a reflective sail that rides not on wind, but on light from the Sun to propel the vehicle through space. The spacecraft that’s now sporting a shiny new …
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