Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to direct spacecraft exploration." Scientists at the California Institute ...

and an innovative spacecraft called a LightSail designed by The Planetary Society that's powered by solar rays alone. But it wasn't just scientific instruments SpaceX launched. Attached to the ...

A NASA solar sail mission meant to test new space travel materials in Earth's orbit is scheduled to lift off no sooner than ...