NanoSail-D

NanoSail-D was a NASA mission to deploy a 10 m² solar sail from a CubeSat. The mission ended on August 2nd, 2008, when the Falcon 1 rocket carrying it failed to reach orbit. NanoSail-D2 is the backup to spacecraft that was launched on November 19, 2010, as a payload of the FASTSAT. The spacecraft is waiting to be ejected from FASTSAT and deploy the sail.

Links

• NanoSail-D Mission Page
• NanoSail-D2 Mission Dashboard
• NanoSail-D Mission Overview
• Help track NanoSail-D

References

• News: NanoSail-D to launch Friday, November 19, 2010
• Project website: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/nanosaild.html
• Science@NASA article: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/26jun_nanosaild.htm
• Discovery Channel story: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/09/solar-sail.html
• YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW1Pf0uMSug
• NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA and Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite