News: First solar powered spacecraft successfully launched

Gizmag has an article mentioning: "... By Darren Quick 01:47 May 21, 2010 The IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) solar sail Image Gallery (5 images) Although the idea of a solar sail was first proposed some 100 years ago, to date none has been successfully used in space as ..."

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