#solarsail — Public Fediverse posts
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When you're in the chapparal on a summer afternoon it can *feel* like you're this close to the sun, but in some space-age futures, we'll be getting a hell of a lot closer: to capture the light that birthed us to go to another point of light...
A softened version of my very own painting, "Reach for the Light".
#art #scifiart #spaceart #scifi #sciencefiction #digitalart #digitalpainting #spaceflight #solarsail #sun #star #painting
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When you're in the chapparal on a summer afternoon it can *feel* like you're this close to the sun, but in some space-age futures, we'll be getting a hell of a lot closer: to capture the light that birthed us to go to another point of light...
A softened version of my very own painting, "Reach for the Light".
#art #scifiart #spaceart #scifi #sciencefiction #digitalart #digitalpainting #spaceflight #solarsail #sun #star #painting
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Fabienne Seibert will soon attend the 2026 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference (Whistler, BC, Canada, 26-30 July 2026). She will present her work on:
"Trajectory Optimisation with Attitude Feasibility Constraints for Solar Sailcraft Kinetic Impactor Missions"
https://www.space-flight.org/docs/2026_summer/2026_summer.html
#conference #space #engineering #asteroid #solarsail #planetarydefence
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Fabienne Seibert will soon attend the 2026 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference (Whistler, BC, Canada, 26-30 July 2026). She will present her work on:
"Trajectory Optimisation with Attitude Feasibility Constraints for Solar Sailcraft Kinetic Impactor Missions"
https://www.space-flight.org/docs/2026_summer/2026_summer.html
#conference #space #engineering #asteroid #solarsail #planetarydefence
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Space Weather/rocket launch
China is about to launch Long March 8 Flight 7 (Solar Sail mission) straight into a solar storm.
Good luck! Watch live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSDUGmnXlBE -
Space Weather/rocket launch
China is about to launch Long March 8 Flight 7 (Solar Sail mission) straight into a solar storm.
Good luck! Watch live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSDUGmnXlBE -
These stars are giving me Capella vibes...only in this close-up view, they're being visited by explorers. Our descendants in the not-so-distant future, or perhaps aliens today, imagining what secrets are waiting to be revealed on a small rocky planet 40 light-years beyond their reach...
From yours truly, "Reach for the suns".
#art #spaceart #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #spaceflight #stars #suns #sun #scifiart #solarsail #spacecradt #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #scifi
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These stars are giving me Capella vibes...only in this close-up view, they're being visited by explorers. Our descendants in the not-so-distant future, or perhaps aliens today, imagining what secrets are waiting to be revealed on a small rocky planet 40 light-years beyond their reach...
From yours truly, "Reach for the suns".
#art #spaceart #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #spaceflight #stars #suns #sun #scifiart #solarsail #spacecradt #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #scifi
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I know I've shared this one a lot lately, but so help me I just love the energy of this piece, which I've been playing around with a bit; lo, a slightly softer and brighter version of my sci-fi caprice "Reach for the Light" (yes, those are solar sails in silhouette).
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #solarsail #spaceflight #scifi #sciencefiction #star #sun #sunspot #spaceart
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I know I've shared this one a lot lately, but so help me I just love the energy of this piece, which I've been playing around with a bit; lo, a slightly softer and brighter version of my sci-fi caprice "Reach for the Light" (yes, those are solar sails in silhouette).
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #solarsail #spaceflight #scifi #sciencefiction #star #sun #sunspot #spaceart
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They might look "buggy", but hexagons are a real shape proposed for solar sails...and it looks like this fleet is going to take advantage of some serious radiation pressure, as they "Reach for the Suns".
Painting by me.
#art #spaceart #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #spaceflight #stars #suns #sun #scifiart #solarsail #spacecradt #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #scifi
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They might look "buggy", but hexagons are a real shape proposed for solar sails...and it looks like this fleet is going to take advantage of some serious radiation pressure, as they "Reach for the Suns".
Painting by me.
#art #spaceart #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #spaceflight #stars #suns #sun #scifiart #solarsail #spacecradt #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #scifi
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Oh I'm sure it'd take the mother of all tinted windows to stop it from blinding you, but imagine being on a solar sail, making a fly-by to gain speed to your final destination, and then seeing *this* out your window. The ultimate scenic route, in my own painting, "Reach for the light".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #scifi #scifiart #spaceart #spaceflight #solarsail #spacecraft #sun #star #sunspot
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Oh I'm sure it'd take the mother of all tinted windows to stop it from blinding you, but imagine being on a solar sail, making a fly-by to gain speed to your final destination, and then seeing *this* out your window. The ultimate scenic route, in my own painting, "Reach for the light".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #scifi #scifiart #spaceart #spaceflight #solarsail #spacecraft #sun #star #sunspot
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It might look a bit...off, at first glance, but hey, there are plenty of bright-white nigh-contact binary stars out there, and Maltese crosses have been proposed as a real shape for these crafts...
My own spacey piece, "Solar sailing round twin suns".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #spaceflight #scifiart #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #solarsail #spacecraft #stars #binarystars
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It might look a bit...off, at first glance, but hey, there are plenty of bright-white nigh-contact binary stars out there, and Maltese crosses have been proposed as a real shape for these crafts...
My own spacey piece, "Solar sailing round twin suns".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #spaceflight #scifiart #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #solarsail #spacecraft #stars #binarystars
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Yes, flying saucers are a real proposed shape for solar sails. No, I'm not apologizing for it. My own artwork, "Full sail under a red giant".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #spaceart #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction #spaceflight #solarsail
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Yes, flying saucers are a real proposed shape for solar sails. No, I'm not apologizing for it. My own artwork, "Full sail under a red giant".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #spaceart #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction #spaceflight #solarsail
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My own artwork, "Reach for the Light": in the age of the solar sail, spacefarers will swing so close to sunspots it'll feel like they can reach right out and touch them. Perhaps, someday, we will...
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #scifi #sciencefiction #sun #spaceflight #solarsail
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My own artwork, "Reach for the Light": in the age of the solar sail, spacefarers will swing so close to sunspots it'll feel like they can reach right out and touch them. Perhaps, someday, we will...
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #scifi #sciencefiction #sun #spaceflight #solarsail
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Using sunlight to power up a flywheel in space to fling interstellar objects.
"Kipping began thinking about using sail materials to harvest the energy of solar photons, storing it in what could be considered a battery, and then using that stored energy, transformed into kinetic energy, to hurl a small spacecraft outwards."
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2025/08/01/a-space-catapult-with-interstellar-potential/
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Using sunlight to power up a flywheel in space to fling interstellar objects.
"Kipping began thinking about using sail materials to harvest the energy of solar photons, storing it in what could be considered a battery, and then using that stored energy, transformed into kinetic energy, to hurl a small spacecraft outwards."
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2025/08/01/a-space-catapult-with-interstellar-potential/
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A Giant Ribbon Can Pull Payloads Along
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.universetoday.com/171143/a-giant-ribbon-can-pull-payloads-along/
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Jetzt fühl ich mich wie Sisko … hab auf nem Planeten in No Man Sky nen Solarsegler gefunden ^^
Echt cool wie die Segel sich beim Starten/Landen aus- und einfahren. Außerdem bewegen sie sich beim Lenken mit :)
Ja, ich bin leicht zu begeistern *g*
Screenshot in VR aufgenommen.
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Would it be a blue universe without you? Who knows? Maybe it'd be a blue universe with you too, but when you're flying into the mists of space and time, what does it matter? Enjoy the ride on this, my "Blue solar sail".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #solarsail #scifiart #spaceart #spaceflight #scifi #sciencefiction
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Would it be a blue universe without you? Who knows? Maybe it'd be a blue universe with you too, but when you're flying into the mists of space and time, what does it matter? Enjoy the ride on this, my "Blue solar sail".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #solarsail #scifiart #spaceart #spaceflight #scifi #sciencefiction
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Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) Onboard View of Sail/Boom During Unfurling
⏩ 4 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=4&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20241203011539
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Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) Onboard View of Sail/Boom During Unfurling
⏩ 4 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=4&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20241203011539
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NASAの太陽帆宇宙船が曲がったブームを持ち、地球軌道でまだ回転している写真が公開されました
https://www.space.com/nasa-acs3-solar-sail-bent-boom
NASAが打ち上げたAdvanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3)が、地球軌道で軽微な問題を抱えている模様 #NASA #SolarSail #ACS3 -
Spacefarers of the future might appreciate the power and possibilities of a double star system, particularly one as massive and magnificent as this one: based on a real design for ships in the literature, my "Solar sailing round twin suns".
#art #MastoArt #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #solarsail #scifi #scifiart #spaceart #sciencefiction #doublestars #stars #starsystem
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Spacefarers of the future might appreciate the power and possibilities of a double star system, particularly one as massive and magnificent as this one: based on a real design for ships in the literature, my "Solar sailing round twin suns".
#art #MastoArt #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #solarsail #scifi #scifiart #spaceart #sciencefiction #doublestars #stars #starsystem
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Watch NASA’s Solar Sail Reflect Brightly in the Night Sky https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/watch-nasas-solar-sail-reflect-brightly-in-the-night-sky/ #solarsail #Science #Space #News #ACS3 #nasa
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Watch NASA’s Solar Sail Reflect Brightly in the Night Sky https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/watch-nasas-solar-sail-reflect-brightly-in-the-night-sky/ #solarsail #Science #Space #News #ACS3 #nasa
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Watch NASA’s Solar Sail Reflect Brightly in the Night Sky - NASA’s ACS3 (Advanced Composite Solar Sail System) is currently fully deployed in ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/watch-nasas-solar-sail-reflect-brightly-in-the-night-sky/ #solarsail #science #space #news #acs3 #nasa
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Watch NASA’s Solar Sail Reflect Brightly in the Night Sky - NASA’s ACS3 (Advanced Composite Solar Sail System) is currently fully deployed in ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/15/watch-nasas-solar-sail-reflect-brightly-in-the-night-sky/ #solarsail #science #space #news #acs3 #nasa
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Just saw a favorable pass of the NASA #ACS3 #SolarSail near the zenith from Tucson. At its brightest, it was around the same brightness as δ Cyg and β Ceph, both about magnitude +3. At its faintest I couldn’t see it at all (unaided-eye). Zenith brightness at the time was 19.9 mag/arcsec2. Clearly still tumbling as well.
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And we have photos from space of the ~10 m x 10 m ACS3 solar sail that was deployed from a spacecraft the size of a stove
So shiny so chrome
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And we have photos from space of the ~10 m x 10 m ACS3 solar sail that was deployed from a spacecraft the size of a stove
So shiny so chrome
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#NASA's #SolarSail successfully spreads its wings in space | #Space
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NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space | Space
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NASA’s Advanced Composite #SolarSail System is now fully deployed in space after a successful test of its sail-hoisting boom system; mission operators confirmed success at 17:33 UTC today, after receiving data from the spacecraft: https://blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites/2024/08/29/nasa-composite-booms-deploy-mission-sets-sail-in-space/ - centrally located aboard the spacecraft are four cameras which captured a panoramic view of the reflective sail and supporting composite booms; high-resolution imagery from these cameras will be available on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
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Project Helianthus – a Solar Sail Driven Geomagnetic Storm Tracker https://www.universetoday.com/168138/project-helianthus-a-solar-sail-driven-geomagnetic-storm-tracker/ #spaceexplorationtechnologies #italianspaceagency #geomagneticstorms #lagrangepoints #helianthus #solarsail
