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Ball Aerospace awarded Rocket Lab a subcontract to manufacture the solar array panel for NASA’S GLIDE heliophysics mission. Ball Aerospace is building the

Ball Aerospace Selected to Integrate, Test 'Sailcraft' for NASA Solar Propulsion Technology Demonstration 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."  "Solar Cruiser will be an important step in the advancement of solar propulsion tech...

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace has been selected to support Solar Cruiser, a NASA small satellite technology demonstration on ...

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...

Ball Aerospace to Build Spacecraft for NASA Heliophysics Science Mission The mission, called GLIDE, will help researchers understand Earth's exosphere News provided by Share this article Share this article BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace was selected to build the spacecraft for NASA's Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere (GLIDE) heliophysics science Mission of Opportunity. GLIDE will study variability in Earth's exosphere, the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere where it touches space, by tracking far ultraviolet light emitted from hydrogen. Dr. Lar...