After deploying four composite booms on board the experimental solar sail mission, NASA engineers observed a slight bend in ...

NASA's mission to advance solar sail technology through the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has shown promising signs, ...

Solar vehicles are getting more and more common as the price of solar panels comes down ... is a semi-complex system of ropes, pulleys, and shafts. Most of the boat’s shell was hand-built ...

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), an innovative mission to test solar sail propulsion, is facing ...

A $20,000,000 spacecraft launched by NASA earlier this year is now tumbling uncontrollably through space after suffering a ...

While NASA revealed that the data gathered since the sail deployment is proving to highly valuable, it added, "The mission team predicts the slight bend in one of the four booms will not inhibit the ...

The downside, however, is that they're less efficient than rigid solar panels, which means you'll need to install more of these panels to meet your energy needs on the boat. Another thing you'll ...

Hurtigruten released updated plans for its Sea Zero project, a zero-emission ship scheduled to debut in 2030 which is now in ...

Like the Boat Time duo, it's common for narrowboaters ... £1,650 would cover full installation of what he calls a "decent" solar power system: three panels and 645 watts, as long as the client ...

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.

Arkup, a sustainable and liveable marine vessel developer, has unveiled its latest solar-electric houseboat before it will be on ...

“We currently have a boat operating at Chobe Game Lodge that has solar panels on the roof and has ... it can now complete an installation in a day to or two. “It depends on the modifications ...