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- NASA Selects CubeSail Mission for Flight
- http://www.ae.illinois.edu/news/article.html?id=1559 NASA selected the CubeSail mission by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and CU Aerospace for flight under it's CubeSat Launch Initiative. CubeSail will test a new solar sail design based on long, thin ribbons of sail material with small satellites at the ends to steer them. See Also: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/feb/HQ_12-050_CubeSats.html --Ben 17:13, 13 March 2012 (EDT)
- (Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:13:00 -0400)
- Solar Sail Readies for Early Warning Mission
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LmePYdraoU YouTube video about NASA's solar sail technology demonstration mission from the NASA Marshall TV channel. --Ben 12:25, 12 December 2011 (EST)
- (Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:25:00 -0500)
- Flying on Sunshine
- http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/333656/title/Flying_on_Sunshine The September 10th issue of ScienceNews covers recent developments in solar sailing. --Ben 14:02, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
- (Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:02:00 -0400)
- NASA Announces Technology Demonstration Missions
- http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/crosscutting_capability/tech_demo_missions.html NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist has selected L'Garde to test fly a 38x38m solar sail as a technology demonstration mission. The mission will deploy a sail 4X larger than L'Garde tested previously on the ground (20x20m), use solar torque for steering, and test accurate navigation required for missions. Congratulations! --Ben 14:45, 22 August 2011 (EDT)
- (Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:45:00 -0400)
- NASA Technology Solicitations Announced
- http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/solicitations.html The NASA Office of the Chief Technologist released solicitations for technology development in three areas: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) NASA Unique and Innovative Game Changing Technology NASA Technology Demonstration Missions (TDM) --Ben 10:22, 3 March 2011 (EST)
- (Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:22:00 -0500)
