Cosmos 1, the world’s first solar sail spacecraft, has shipped in preparation for a launch window that opens on June 21, 2005, traveling from the test facility of Lavochkin Association in Moscow to ...
On June 21, Cosmos 1 – the world’s first solar sail spacecraft – is set to launch atop a converted ICBM from a submerged Russian submarine in the Barents Sea. The Planetary Society and Cosmos Studios ...
The Planetary Society has decided to build a second solar sail spacecraft for the Cosmos 1 project following launch last month of a suborbital test vehicle on a converted Russian ICBM, which failed ...
The Cosmos-1 solar sail spacecraft most likely was lost shortly after launch June 21 due to a rocket failure, although a few weak signals received at ground stations are prompting scientists to hold ...