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==Missions==
 
==Missions==
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''See also [[:Category:Missions]]''
  
 
===Past Missions===
 
===Past Missions===
* [http://www.planetary.org/solarsail/ Cosmos 1: The First Solar Sail]
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* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/innovative_technologies/solar_sailing/ Cosmos 1: The First Solar Sail]
** [http://www.kiasystems.ru/ KIA Systems information on Cosmos 1]
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** [http://www.kiasystems.ru/english/solarsail/home.html KIA Systems information on Cosmos 1]
 
* [http://src.space.ru/ Space Regatta Consortium - Znamya project] - While not an actual solar sail, the Znamya project tested large lightweight mirrors in space. Solar sails are discussed as a variation of the design. Also see: [http://www.space-frontier.org/Events/Znamya/ Space Frontier Foundation - Znamya.]
 
* [http://src.space.ru/ Space Regatta Consortium - Znamya project] - While not an actual solar sail, the Znamya project tested large lightweight mirrors in space. Solar sails are discussed as a variation of the design. Also see: [http://www.space-frontier.org/Events/Znamya/ Space Frontier Foundation - Znamya.]
  
===Missions in Development===
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===Mission Concepts===
 
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* [http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/st9/index.html NASA New Millenium Program Space Technology 9]
 
* [http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/st9/index.html NASA New Millenium Program Space Technology 9]
 
===Mission Concepts===
 
 
 
* [http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/projects/blade/ Solar Blade Solar Sail Project] - A nanosatellite [[Heliogyro]] project at [http://www.ri.cmu.edu/ Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute.]
 
* [http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/projects/blade/ Solar Blade Solar Sail Project] - A nanosatellite [[Heliogyro]] project at [http://www.ri.cmu.edu/ Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute.]
 
** [http://www.ri.cmu.edu/projects/project_339.html Robotics Institute: Solar Blade Solar Sail] - [http://www.ri.cmu.edu/ Robotics Institute] project page.
 
** [http://www.ri.cmu.edu/projects/project_339.html Robotics Institute: Solar Blade Solar Sail] - [http://www.ri.cmu.edu/ Robotics Institute] project page.
* [http://aria.seas.wustl.edu/Suncatcher/default.htm Washington University: Project Aria: Suncatcher Deep Space Probe]
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* [http://interstellar.jpl.nasa.gov/ NASA Interstellar Probe]
 
* [http://interstellar.jpl.nasa.gov/ NASA Interstellar Probe]
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* [[NanoSail-D]]
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* [http://czcube.org/en/index.html czCube - amateur-build nanosatelite, possibly featuring solar sail experiment]
  
 
==Documents==
 
==Documents==
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* [http://www.spacesailing.net/ Spacesailing.net: Bernd Dachwald's research on solar sailing]
 
* [http://www.spacesailing.net/ Spacesailing.net: Bernd Dachwald's research on solar sailing]
 
* [http://www.aero.gla.ac.uk/Research/Ss/ras/index.htm Royal Astronomical Society - Solar Sail Mission Applications Seminar] - May 10th, 2002. Contains a number of presentations about current work on solar sails.
 
* [http://www.aero.gla.ac.uk/Research/Ss/ras/index.htm Royal Astronomical Society - Solar Sail Mission Applications Seminar] - May 10th, 2002. Contains a number of presentations about current work on solar sails.
* [http://scientium.com/diagon_alley/commentary/bowden_essays/sotm/starship/sailships.htm Interstellar Sailing Ships] - articles on solar and laser sails, magnetic sails, and others by Ges Seger and Alasdair Allan.
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===Sail Design and Architecture===
 
===Sail Design and Architecture===
  
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* [http://www.lgarde.com/programs/solsail.htm L'Garde solar sail development]
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** [http://www.lgarde.com/papers.htm#solarsails Solar sail papers]
 
* [http://www-ccar.colorado.edu/asen5519/cma/documents/FastSolarSailsPaper.pdf Very Fast Solar Sails] - by Chauncey Uphoff
 
* [http://www-ccar.colorado.edu/asen5519/cma/documents/FastSolarSailsPaper.pdf Very Fast Solar Sails] - by Chauncey Uphoff
 
* [http://www.aec-able.com/corpinfo/techpub.html Able Engineering - Scalable Solar Sail Subsystem Design Considerations] - See number 13
 
* [http://www.aec-able.com/corpinfo/techpub.html Able Engineering - Scalable Solar Sail Subsystem Design Considerations] - See number 13
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* [http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/383104.html AlAA 97-2762 Inflatable Solar Sails for Low-Cost Robotic Mars]
 
* [http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/383104.html AlAA 97-2762 Inflatable Solar Sails for Low-Cost Robotic Mars]
 
* [http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/ Earth-to-Orbit Transportation Bibliography] - See application 32 "Moon-Earth Momentum Exchange" for a solar sail application.
 
* [http://www.islandone.org/LEOBiblio/ Earth-to-Orbit Transportation Bibliography] - See application 32 "Moon-Earth Momentum Exchange" for a solar sail application.
* [http://www.pioneerastro.com/Projects/SSM/ssm.html Pioneer Astronautics - Solar Sail Microspacecraft]
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* [http://www.pioneerastro.com/ Pioneer Astronautics]
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** [http://www.pioneerastro.com/Projects/Solar_Sail_Microspacecraft.html Solar Sail Microspacecraft]
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** [http://www.pioneerastro.com/Projects/Ultralight_Solar_Sail_for_Interstellar_Travel.html Ultralight Solar Sail for Interstellar Travel]
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*** [http://www.niac.usra.edu/studies/333Christensen.html NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts page]
 
* [http://www.nasatech.com/Briefs/Sept00/NPO20879.html Nesting-Hoop Solar Sail]
 
* [http://www.nasatech.com/Briefs/Sept00/NPO20879.html Nesting-Hoop Solar Sail]
 
* [http://www.nasatech.com/Briefs/Oct01/NPO20853.html Solar Sails Would Be Segmented To Minimize Stresses]
 
* [http://www.nasatech.com/Briefs/Oct01/NPO20853.html Solar Sails Would Be Segmented To Minimize Stresses]
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==Research==
 
==Research==
  
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* [http://www.adrc.iastate.edu/ Asteroid Deflection Research Center] at [http://www.iastate.edu/ Iowa State University]
 
* [http://www.spacesailing.net/ Spacesailing.net: Bernd Dachwald's research on solar sailing]
 
* [http://www.spacesailing.net/ Spacesailing.net: Bernd Dachwald's research on solar sailing]
 
* [http://www.eas.asu.edu/~sunsail/ Arizona State University: Homepage of the ASU Solar Sail Research Project]
 
* [http://www.eas.asu.edu/~sunsail/ Arizona State University: Homepage of the ASU Solar Sail Research Project]
 
* [http://www.kp.dlr.de/SolarSail/ DLR Solar Sail Homepage]
 
* [http://www.kp.dlr.de/SolarSail/ DLR Solar Sail Homepage]
 
* [http://www.ilcdover.com/products/aerospace_defense/solarsails.htm ILC Dover Solar Sails and Inflatable Booms]
 
* [http://www.ilcdover.com/products/aerospace_defense/solarsails.htm ILC Dover Solar Sails and Inflatable Booms]
* [http://www.aero.kyushu-u.ac.jp/solar_sail/solar_sail.html Kyushu University Solar Sail Research] - in Japanese
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* [http://www.solarvision.org/ Solarvision] - Cross-university research on solar sailing.
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** [http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/students/archivesall.cfm?PageNum_Archives=3 NASA Microgravity University flights] - Scroll down to "Photon Propulsion for Gossamer Spacecraft".
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** [http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/students/archivesall.cfm?PageNum_Archives=3 NASA Microgravity University flights] - Scroll down to "Photon Propulsion for Gossamer Spacecraft".-->
 
* [http://rise.rutgers.edu/rise2001/scholars.php3?name=vasquez RISE 2001 Summer Scholars - David Vasquez - "Conceptual Analysis of Solar Sails and Integration of Piezoelectric Ceramics as Sensors and Actuators"]
 
* [http://rise.rutgers.edu/rise2001/scholars.php3?name=vasquez RISE 2001 Summer Scholars - David Vasquez - "Conceptual Analysis of Solar Sails and Integration of Piezoelectric Ceramics as Sensors and Actuators"]
* [http://www.stg.srs.com/atd/Solar_Sail.htm SRS Technologies: Solar Sails]
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* [http://www.aero.gla.ac.uk/Research/Ss/Solar.htm University of Glasgow Solar Sail Mission Analysis: Colin McInnes]
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* [http://www.strath.ac.uk/space/ Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory] at the [http://www.strath.ac.uk/mecheng/ University of Strathclyde Mechanical Engineering department] by [[Colin R. McInnes]]
* [http://sec.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA Goddard: Sun-Earth Connection] - Solar sails are identified as the highest priority propulsion technology for this program.
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** Previously [http://www.aero.gla.ac.uk/Research/Ss/Solar.htm University of Glasgow Solar Sail Mission Analysis]
* [http://www.inspacepropulsion.com/tech/sails.html NASA In-Space Propulsion Technologies: Solar Sails]
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* [http://sec.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA Heliophysics] - Solar sails are identified as one of the highest priority technologies for this program.
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* [http://home.earthlink.net/~jbenford/ Microwave Sciences] - Microwave sail propulsion experiments
 
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~jbenford/ Microwave Sciences] - Microwave sail propulsion experiments
  
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==Art, Entertainment, and Miscellaneous==
 
==Art, Entertainment, and Miscellaneous==
  
* [http://www.randyasplund.com/browse/sfpg/solsail.html Solar Sail Construction Platform] - a painting by [http://www.randyasplund.com/ Randy Asplundh], showing large solar sails under construction in Earth orbit. Also has a concise description of solar sailing.
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* [http://www.scifaiku.com/read/topten.html Scifaiku Top Ten - Solar Sail]
 
* [http://www.scifaiku.com/read/topten.html Scifaiku Top Ten - Solar Sail]
 
* Paintings of solar sails by Don Dixon
 
* Paintings of solar sails by Don Dixon
** [http://cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio2007/content/293_SailsOfTauCeti_large.html The Sails of Tau Ceti]
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** [http://www.cosmographica.com/spaceart/album/Cosmographica%20Gallery%20251-300/slides/293_Sails_Of_Tau_Ceti.html The Sails of Tau Ceti]
** [http://cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio2007/content/016_Sunjammer_large.html Sunjammer]
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** [http://www.cosmographica.com/spaceart/album/Cosmographica%20Gallery%20001-050/slides/016_Sunjammer.html Sunjammer]
** [http://cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio2007/content/101_SolarSailor_large.html Solar Sailor]
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** [http://www.cosmographica.com/spaceart/album/Cosmographica%20Gallery%20101-150/slides/101_Solar_Sailor.html Solar Sailor]
** [http://cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio2007/content/110_Tacking_Sunward_large.html Tacking Sunward]
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** [http://www.cosmographica.com/spaceart/album/Cosmographica%20Gallery%20101-150/slides/110_Tacking_Sunward.html Tacking Sunward]
 
* [http://www.patrawlings.com/detail.cfm?id=1222 Light Race] - painting by [http://www.patrawlings.com/ Pat Rawlings] depicting solar sails in a race to the moon.
 
* [http://www.patrawlings.com/detail.cfm?id=1222 Light Race] - painting by [http://www.patrawlings.com/ Pat Rawlings] depicting solar sails in a race to the moon.
 
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<!--** [http://www.patrawlings.com/gallery.cfm?next=96&page=17 Vehicle section, p. 17] - "Bay Launch" -->
 
<!--** [http://www.patrawlings.com/gallery.cfm?next=96&page=17 Vehicle section, p. 17] - "Bay Launch" -->
 
<!--* [http://www.novaspace.com/CALENDAR/Beyond2001.html Solar Sail Races] - an print available in [http://www.novaspace.com/ARTIST/PatRawlings.html Pat Rawlings] Beyond 2001 SAIC calendar.-->
 
<!--* [http://www.novaspace.com/CALENDAR/Beyond2001.html Solar Sail Races] - an print available in [http://www.novaspace.com/ARTIST/PatRawlings.html Pat Rawlings] Beyond 2001 SAIC calendar.-->
* [http://homepage.mac.com/joebergeron/solarsail.html Solar Sail] - an illustration by Joe Bergeron for the astronomy textbook <em>The Cosmic Perspective.</em>
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* [http://joebergeron.com/solarsail.html Solar Sail] - an illustration by Joe Bergeron for the astronomy textbook <em>The Cosmic Perspective.</em>
 
* [http://www.ricksternbach.com/spaceart.html Laser Light Sail] - an illustration by Rick Sternbach of a lander leaving an interstellar multi-stage laser sail to explore an alien world. Scroll down to see it.
 
* [http://www.ricksternbach.com/spaceart.html Laser Light Sail] - an illustration by Rick Sternbach of a lander leaving an interstellar multi-stage laser sail to explore an alien world. Scroll down to see it.
 
* [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000526.html Solar Sail] - a NASA Marshall Space Flight Center illustration of a solar sail on the Astronomy Picture of the Day site.
 
* [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000526.html Solar Sail] - a NASA Marshall Space Flight Center illustration of a solar sail on the Astronomy Picture of the Day site.
* [http://www.spaceanimation.com/solarsail.html Space Animation solar sail images] - images of solar sails, laser sails, and magnetic sails.
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Latest revision as of 20:00, 1 October 2014

Just as the internet is growing dramatically, so is interest in solar sails. The last time I checked, I found 305,000 hits for "solar OR light OR space sail OR sails OR sailing" on Google.

Therefore, I will provide a selection of web pages, rather than attempt to link to everything.

Here are some links to search the internet for solar sail information:


Contents

General Websites

Missions

See also Category:Missions

Past Missions

Mission Concepts

Documents

Also See: Books and Papers

General

Sail Design and Architecture

Dynamics and Mission Concepts

Interstellar

Research

General Information

Magnetic, Plasma, and Other Space Sails

Art, Entertainment, and Miscellaneous