{"id":643592,"date":"2024-04-10T13:20:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=643592"},"modified":"2024-04-10T13:20:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:20:38","slug":"media-invited-to-learn-about-nasas-new-solar-sail-technology","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/media-invited-to-learn-about-nasas-new-solar-sail-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Invited to Learn About NASA\u2019s New Solar Sail Technology\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">2 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">Media Invited to Learn About NASA\u2019s New Solar Sail Technology\u00a0<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Engineers at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center test deployment of the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System\u2019s solar sail. The unfurled solar sail is approximately 30 feet (about 9 meters) on a side. Since solar radiation pressure is small, the solar sail must be large to efficiently generate thrust.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 72%; object-position: 54% 72%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.webp?resize=1200,900 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Engineers at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center test deployment of the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System\u2019s solar sail. The unfurled solar sail is approximately 30 feet (about 9 meters) on a side. Since solar radiation pressure is small, the solar sail must be large to efficiently generate thrust.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Media are invited to learn about NASA\u2019s next-generation solar sail technology \u2013 known as the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System \u2013 that could enable ambitious lower-cost missions to expand our understanding of the Sun and solar system.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will occur from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Project researchers will be available to discuss the solar sail technology, which uses the pressure of sunlight to travel through space much like a sailboat uses wind to traverse the ocean. A full-scale engineering design unit of the polymer sail and its novel lightweight composite booms will also be on display at the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is scheduled to launch during a 30-day window that opens no earlier than Wednesday, April 24 aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle from the company\u2019s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The system is a part of a “12U” sized CubeSat and will deploy after on-orbit systems checks, which are expected to take approximately two months.\u00a0\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media interested in attending must contact Joe Atkinson at <a href=\"mailto:joseph.s.atkinson@nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joseph.s.atkinson@nasa.gov<\/a> no later than <strong>noon, Monday, April 15.<\/strong>\u202f\u00a0\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NASA Langley designed and built the deployable composite booms and solar sail system. NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in California\u2019s Silicon Valley, manages the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System project and designed and built the on-board camera diagnostic system. NASA\u2019s Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) program\u202foffice based at NASA Ames and within the agency\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), funds and manages the mission. NASA\u2019s\u202fGame Changing Development program\u202fwithin STMD developed the deployable composite boom technology. Rocket Lab USA, Inc of\u202fLong Beach, California is providing launch services.<\/em>\u202f\u00a0\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about ACS3 at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/nasa-next-generation-solar-sail-boom-technology-ready-for-launch\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/nasa-next-generation-solar-sail-boom-technology-ready-for-launch\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/nasa-next-generation-solar-sail-boom-technology-ready-for-launch\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joe Atkinson\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>757-755-5375\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:joseph.s.atkinson@nasa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joseph.s.atkinson@nasa.gov<\/a>\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a 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