Solar Sailing Our Way to The Outer Planets | NASA Space Tech

Solar Sailing Our Way to The Outer Planets | NASA Space Tech

NASA researchers are working on a concept to use solar sail technology to get to Neptune and Uranus in a fraction of the time that it would take with current propulsion technology. Using the power of the Sun, the concept called SCOPE—short for ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration—could help us unlock the secrets of the scarcely visited ice giants in our outer solar system.

NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) that could help us learn more about Neptune and Uranus. To learn more visit: https://go.nasa.gov/45pzBRI

To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic please visit the 2022 NIAC Symposium Vimeo site:

https://vimeo.com/showcase/11002809/video/912877817#t=6900s

To learn more about NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program visit: https://www.nasa.gov/niac

This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and far-reaching aerospace program, one that has the potential to create breakthrough technologies for possible future space missions. However, such early-stage technology developments may never become actual NASA missions.

Video Credit: NASA Space Tech

Duration: 2 minutes, 13 seconds

Release Date: Oct. 22, 2024

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