Sailing is often thought of as a luxurious, relaxing time on the water. But those who sail competitively will tell you it’s a full-body workout. “You need to have a lot of core and knee strength,” ...

Spacecraft outfitted with sails and propelled by the sun are no longer the stuff of science fiction or theoretical space missions. Now, a Rochester Institute of Technology researcher is taking solar ...

Launched in 1869, the Cutty Sark was the fastest sailing ship of its time. These days the clipper is a London tourist attraction. In its prime, when it dashed across the world carrying tea from China ...

Endeavour has released its 2025 Impact Report, marking ten years of “building self-confidence, life skills and a love of ...

As NASA’s exploration continues to push boundaries, a new solar sail concept selected by the agency for development toward a demonstration mission could carry science to new destinations. The ...

April 22 (UPI) --NASA is gearing up for a launch this week that will test a new way to navigate the solar system, using a large sail to catch the sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is ...

Can you imagine sailing the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean to the frigid waters of Greenland? This summer, about 40 graduate students and faculty from Portugal, Norway, Greenland, and the U.S. are ...