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Lightsail space tech gets tailwind from Caltech breakthrough
The idea of a lightsail comes from the fact that radiation pressure represents a mechanical pressure acting on a surface due ...
Caltech’s Lightsail Experiment Brings Interstellar Travel Closer to Reality
Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...
Lightsails could reach distant star systems
A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.
Measuring light sail performance in the lab
Sailing has been a mainstay of human history for millennia, so it's no surprise that scientists would apply it to traveling ...
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Next-Generation Spacecraft: How Caltech is Making Lightsails a Reality
Can lightsails be the future of deep space exploration? This is what a recent study published in Nature Photonics hopes to address as a team of researchers | Space ...
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New Platform for Lightsail Membrane Characterization
Caltech researchers develop a platform to characterize ultrathin membranes for lightsails, advancing the quest for ...
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Caltech Researchers Take First Experimental Steps Toward Lightsails that Could Reach ...
The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking and ...
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Lightsail propulsion could enable interstellar travel at speeds never before imagined
Scientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar ...