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Just in time for a Labor Day “sail”, NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) has successfully deployed! Solar sail propulsion systems like ACS3 can make future low-cost deep space missions possible. Learn more about the ACS3 mission to fly using the power of the Sun:

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16,192 views • 2 months ago

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90,545 views • 9 months ago

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Neptune: A Planet of Extreme Records 🌪 The Solar System's most distant ice giant harbors astonishing extremes. The fiercest winds in space—exceeding 2,000 km/h—blow here, while upper-cloud temperatures plummet to a staggering -221°C. At the same time, the planet takes nearly 165 Earth years to complete one orbit around the Sun, even though its own day lasts just 16 hours.

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23,381 views • 18 days ago