A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is targeting launch on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 (Wednesday, April 24 in New Zealand, the launch window opens at 00:00 April 24 MEST), aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand.