Solar Power in Space
September 23, 2008
In this NASA video segment learn how space technologies use solar power as an alternate energy supply. Spacecraft and the International Space Station (ISS) use solar sails pushed by solar wind as one way to move through space. The ISS also catches sunlight to provide electricity and oxygen to the space station.
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Technology Internet, Environment, Spacecraft, energy, Spaceflight, Solar panels on spacecraft, Solar energy, Solar power, Solar sail, Manned spacecraft, International Space Station, Alternative energy, Human spaceflight, Energy conversion