News: Japan's Flimsy Ikaros Space Kite Due to Launch to Float on the Solar Wind

Fast Company has an article mentioning: "... into space tomorrow, with a rather special payload aboard: The Ikaros space yacht, a beautiful vehicle that's an experimental test bed for solar sail technology.  The launch is scheduled for early Japan time on Tuesday morning (1844 EST today), and the H-IIA is actually carrying two major payloads: ..."

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