ATK, NASA successfully test solar sail deployment

Alliant Techsystems and NASA successfully tested the functional deployment and attitude control of a lightweight solar sail propulsion system, ATK said May 6. This was the first of a series of ground tests for the sail technology, which will be tested through July, ATK said. The 20-meter-by-20-meter...

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