Sep 29, 2023
A solar sail spacecraft could reach Mars in only 26 days
Posted by Ron Gowans-Savage in category: satellites
David Imbaratto / Stellar Exploration / The Planetary Society.
Solar sails were first demonstrated in space by the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission, which raised a small CubeSat’s orbit by 1.9 miles (3.2 km) using only the propulsive force of photons, or light beams, from the Sun.