Ball Aerospace Selected to Integrate and Test "Sailcraft" for NASA Solar Propulsion Technology Demonstration
Ball Aerospace Selected to Integrate and Test "Sailcraft" for NASA Solar Propulsion Technology Demonstration News provided by Share this article Share this article BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace has been selected to support Solar Cruiser, a NASA small satellite technology demonstration on the use of solar photons for propulsion in space. Ball will perform several mission-critical functions, including the integration and test of the satellite bus with the solar sail system that will form the completed "Sailcraft." Artist rendering of solar sail that will propel N...