News: NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment

PhysOrg.com has an article mentioning: "... Montgomery's team and a team from Ames Research Center (led by Elwood Agasid) hope to make history this summer by deploying a solar sail called NanoSail-D. It will travel to space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket, scheduled for launch from Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean ..."

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