Join HAL5 as we welcome back Les Johnson, who will talk about his work on developing solar sails at Marshall Space Flight Center and its role in propulsion and exploration of the Sun. With the successful flights of NASA's NanoSail-D and the Planetary Society's LightSail, solar sails are making the transition from an interesting idea to be demonstrated to technology ready for use on space missions. Scientists and engineers here in Huntsville are doing just that with the development of the Near Earth Asteroid Scout's 925 square foot solar sail that will fly in 2020. And that's not all, in August, a team led by NASA MSFC was selected as a finalist to develop an 18,000 square foot solar sail for a project called, Solar Cruiser, that may fly as early as 2024. If you would like to learn the fundamentals of solar sailing and get the scoop on these two innovative and exciting missions, then hang on as we "Set Sail for the Sun!"


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    Title :

    Setting Sail for the Sun: The NEA Scout & Solar Cruiser Missions


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    Setting Sail for the Sun ; 2019 ; Huntsville, AL, United States


    Publication date :

    2019-12-12


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English





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