Marshall Space Flight Center
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Solar sail is secondary payload on 2018 Orion flight – NASA PI
Instead of looking at space atmosphere as a toxic vacuum, look at it as an asset, said Les Johnson, who handed a silver 4-inch square of solar sail material as light as small bird’s feather to an audience member. As the piece of sail traveled through a standing-room-only crowd in… Read MoreNov. 6, 2015
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Aerospace Club works on simulated Mars sample recovery vehicle for NASA competition
Instead of looking at space atmosphere as a toxic vacuum, look at it as an asset, said Les Johnson, who handed a silver 4-inch square of solar sail material as light as small bird’s feather to an audience member. As the piece of sail traveled through a standing-room-only crowd in… Read MoreDec. 4, 2014