News: Japan to Launch Solar-Powered Spaceship

Mashable has an article mentioning: "... email share email share >Could this be the start of greener space programs? Next month, Japan is launching a spacecraft powered by solar sails into deep space. The Ikaros, as the vessel has been dubbed, will take to the skies on May 18, 2010. Ikaros stands for ?Interplanetary Kite-craft ..."

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