March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
...abundance of volatile-rich planetesimals migrated from the outer Solar System (ie, beyond Jupiter). Observations of increasing abundance ...JAXA is even proposing an ambitious mission with a solar-sail spacecraft that would perform a sample return from ...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... to use ‘green’ propulsion. Another project under development is the Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, which will deploy a solar sail that catches sunlight to steer a flight path taking it from a lunar trajectory to a rendezvous with a Near-Earth Asteroid...
08 April 2020
NASA funds vast radio telescope concept on far side of the Moon
... be the largest filled-aperture radio telescope in the Solar System. Furthermore, the concept idea specifies that the ... miles) from Earth that uses multiple small spacecraft and solar sail technology to propel the lens to its target destination. ...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... and therefore can be hazardous or cause damage to infrastructure on Earth. ADR techniques include aerodynamic drag augmentation, solar sails, auxiliary propulsion units, and in-orbit capture, among others. In-orbit servicing helps maintain, repair...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... debris capture and removal. In recent years, in-orbit testing has been carried out using electrodynamic tethers, solar sails, nets and harpoons. Astroscale has chosen a magnetic capture method, which it will test on its first technology...
