Washington, DC: Get ready to watch a modern solar-powered spacecraft floating through space.

Actually, NASA is doing experiments to reduce the cost of space missions in the future, so to achieve this task, NASA engineers are testing advanced composite solar sail system technology.

NASA also wants to achieve the goal of cutting fuel consumption for space missions, and just like a sailboat is propelled by wind, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) sail depends on the pressure of sunlight. As sunlight particles hit their surface, they will generate energy, and this energy will help speed up the movement of the spacecraft.

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Now NASA is hopeful about this experiment, and they are ready to test it out. It’s a lightweight and durable spacecraft, and a durable boom is also installed in this spacecraft, which helps support the aircraft in floating in space. Its thrust might be small, but it has proven effective over the long term.

This spacecraft itself is about 9 meters and 30 meters long, and its weight is almost 1 kg.

The Japanese agency JAXA also tested out this type of mission back in 2010.