We are happy to announce that our first manuscript on graphene sails was published in Acta Astronautica!
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.03.030
These pioneering results required special effort from the GrapheneSail team: Davide, Rocco and myself (Santiago) worked very hard to make the microgravity experiment at ZARM Drop Tower, analyze the complex data, write the scientific report and improving the manuscript with the critical comments from reviewers. Congratulations, we made a light-hearted leap for humankind!
We also thank Graphenea Semiconductor for providing the material; ZARM Drop Tower staff, who tremendously helped us to engineer and set up the difficult experiment; and Dr. Astrid Orr from ESA for her trust in our proposal. We look forward to continue the collaborations and bring more exciting progress to this research line.
Due to the importance of our results, we have sent a press release to EurekAlert! that can be found in this link. Stay tuned for more news!
