• Solar Sail Orbits Earth

    From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to All on Monday, September 09, 2024 09:16:00
    It is flashing brightly in the night sky

    Space Weather News for Sep. 6, 2024
    https://spaceweather.com
    https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com

    A SOLAR SAIL IS ORBITING EARTH: NASA's ACS3 solar sail was unfurled in Earth orbit last week, and it is putting on quite a show. Observers have photographed

    it flashing as brightly as Vega, the 5th-brightest star in the night sky. NASA is still learning to guide this "sailboat for photons," but local flybys are predictable. See for yourself @ Spaceweather.com (https://spaceweather.com) .

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