Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

A light sail that could one day propel small spacecraft through interstellar realms is headed to the International Space Station and will be tested by astronauts on behalf of Cornell’s Space Systems Design Studio.


None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/Space

Read more on:

Photo of behalf

behalf

Photo of Day

Day

Photo of light sail

light sail

Related news:

News photo

A short eyewitness account by British-American NASA Astronaut Michael Foale who was one of the three astronauts who were onboard the Mir space station when a re-supply vessel collided with it in 1997.

News photo

A starring role for NASA in Biden’s push to end cancer. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are using microgravity to unlock the disease’s secrets.

News photo

From Spacesuit Loop Scrubs to VR Therapy: Decoding a Day of Science Aboard the ISS