Monday, May 24, 2010

News: Japanese Craft Sail Off to Venus

Sky & Telescope has an article mentioning: "... Measuring 46 feet (14 m) square, IKAROS is a "solar sail" designed to navigate through interplanetary space using the pressure of sunlight for propulsion. JAXA Tagging along with Akatsuki is a secondary ..."

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