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Step of solar sail folding sequence for two different configurations of the SMA actuators [47]: towards inside (a–c) and towards outside (d–f). Figure 12 Reprinted from Actuators, Vol. 8 (2), Boschetto, A.; Bottini, L.; Costanza, G.; Tata, M.E., Shape memory activated self-deployable solar sails: small scale prototypes manufacturing and planarity analysis by 3D laser scanner, Art. N. 38, 2019, open access.
