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SITE LISTINGS Alphabetical  |  By Popularity Cosmos 1 (1) U3P Solar Sails - Provides information on solar sails and their design and propulsion in six languages. Solar Sails - Contains information on solar sails, spacecraft that are pushed through space by sunlight, using very large and lightweight mirrors. Interstellar Probe: Exploring the Interstellar Medium and the Boundaries of the Heliosphere - Project of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory which would use a solar sail spacecraft. HowStuffWorks: How Solar Sails Work - Looks at how solar sails work, takes an in-depth look at the Cosmos-1 mission, and finds out what solar-sails mean for future space travel. Setting Sail for the Stars - Science@NASA article about the latest developments in solar sail technology, which could carry a spacecraft beyond the edge of the solar system by 2018. Breakthrough in Solar Sail Technology - SPACE.com article about the new carbon-fibre material that is causing a revolution in the way scientists are thinking about laser and solar sails. Solar Sail Homepage - Provides information on spacecraft that utilize the momentum transfer of solar photons onto large, highly reflecting sails for passive propulsion. Solar Blade Solar Sail Project - Information about the spacecraft that utilizes reflected solar pressure as its only means of propulsion and attitude control. Technology Planning Workshop for Space Technology 9 (ST9) - Exploring topics such as solar sails, system technology for large space telescopes, and aerocapture system technology for planetary missions. Sponsored by NASA's New Millennium Programme. LightSail - The Future of Solar Sailing - Learn about The Planetary Society's three-mission project -- called LightSail -- that will launch three separate solar sail spacecraft over the course of several years. Planetary Society: Solar Sailing - Information about the Planetary Society's Solar Sailing project with spacecraft Cosmos 2. Find new project developments, press, and articles related to space travel. SolarSailWiki - Contains information on solar sailing, an old idea but a new technology for moving around and doing things in space.

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