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How to Catch a Glimpse of NASA's Orbiting Solar Sail

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NASA is calling on stargazers to keep their eyes peeled for the space agencyâs experimental solar sail mission.

After some hiccups, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail (ACS3) has fully deployed its reflective appendages.

The solar sail is composed of cutting edge, lightweight materials that gain propulsion power by bouncing photos off the reflective surface.

The spacecraft launched in April aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket and made contact with Earth a week later .

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