NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 21:21
in Astronomy & Space
This summer, NASA engineers will try to realize a dream older than the Space Age itself: the deployment of a working solar sail in Earth orbit. The name of the device is NanoSail-D and it is scheduled for launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket as early as July 29, 2008.