The Cosmos 1 solar sail project was launched in Russia on July 19 and Russian tracking radar confirmed that all three rocket stages separated, according to the Planetary Society. The Volna booster ...

Pasadena, CA – July 20, 2001: The sub-orbital test of Cosmos 1, The Planetary Society and Cosmos Studios’ solar sail project, launched as planned yesterday from the Russian submarine, Borisoglebsk, in ...

The Cosmos 1 solar sail, designed to power spacecraft to other planets, plummeted to Earth July 20 after it failed to separate from its booster rocket, according to its founders. Preliminary reports ...

NASA's new space telescope is in the home stretch of testing, with science observations expected to begin in July, astronomers said Monday. The James Webb Space Telescope beamed back the latest test ...

After nearly four years of delays, the world's first solar-sail-powered spacecraft is ready for its day in the sun. Cosmos 1 will rocket into space June 21 aboard a modified Russian missile, according ...

In the dog days of summer, when a gush of hot air from a Fifth Avenue subway grate can feel as real as it gets, take heart that the downtown traffic nipping at your heels may just be part of a ...

Indianapolis has been an unkind place for the Cosmos to play through the years. Going into Saturday’s match, New York had not won against Indy Eleven in the Midwest city in five meetings. That streak ...