- Cosmos 1 (1)
- Voiliers Solaires
 - Provides information on solar sails and their design and propulsion in six languages. - Solar Sails
- Contains information on solar sails, spacecraft that are pushed through space by sunlight, using very large and lightweight mirrors.
- Interstellar Probe: Exploring the Interstellar Medium and the Boundaries of the Heliosphere
- Project of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory which would use a solar sail spacecraft.
- HowStuffWorks: How Solar Sails Work
- Looks at how solar sails work, takes an in-depth look at the Cosmos-1 mission, and finds out what solar-sails mean for future space travel.
- Setting Sail for the Stars
- Science@NASA article about the latest developments in solar sail technology, which could carry a spacecraft beyond the edge of the solar system by 2018.
- Breakthrough in Solar Sail Technology
- SPACE.com article about the new carbon-fibre material that is causing a revolution in the way scientists are thinking about laser and solar sails.
- Solar Sail Homepage
- Provides information on spacecraft that utilize the momentum transfer of solar photons onto large, highly reflecting sails for passive propulsion.
- Solar Blade Solar Sail Project
- Information about the spacecraft that utilizes reflected solar pressure as its only means of propulsion and attitude control.
- Technology Planning Workshop for Space Technology 9 (ST9)
- Exploring topics such as solar sails, system technology for large space telescopes, and aerocapture system technology for planetary missions. Sponsored by NASA's New Millennium Programme.
- Planetary Society: Solar Sailing
- Information about the Planetary Society's Solar Sailing project with spacecraft Cosmos 2. Find new project developments, press, and articles related to space travel.
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