NASA partners on nanoSail-D amateur astronomy image contest
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 07:30
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has formed a partnership with Spaceweather.com to engage the amateur astronomy community to submit the best images of the orbiting NanoSail-D solar sail. NanoSail-D unfurled the first ever 100-square-foot solar sail in low-Earth orbit on Jan. 20.