Solar Sail Flight School

Learn to fly a solar sail through space on the pressure of sunlight.

• If you can see a solar sail and stars, then the school will work with with your browser.
• If not, you need a browser with the WebGL feature enabled.

Lessons

1. What is a solar sail?
2. Parts of a solar sail
3. Sunlight absorbed by a sail
4. Sunlight reflected by a sail
5. Force from absorbed sunlight on a solar sail
6. Force from reflected sunlight on a solar sail
7. Force from sunlight on a solar sail

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Learn more about solar sails at: SolarSailWiki

For questions, comments, and suggestions contact: ben@solarsails.info