News: LIVE: JAXA set to launch H-IIA carrying AKATSUKI and IKAROS

NASASpaceflight.com has an article mentioning: "... it will confirm the presence of active volcanoes and thunder.? IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Solar Sail that gathers sunlight as propulsion by means of a large membrane. The IKAROS mission aims at verifying that a spacecraft can fly only by solar powered ..."

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