News: Japan to launch AKATSUKI, IKAROS on May 18

Brahmand Defence and Aerospace News has an article mentioning: "... IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is Japan's solar powered spaceship which measures less than the thickness of a strand of human hair. It is designed to exploit the energy of the sunlight. The force generated by the ..."

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