News: Ikaros solar sail deployed successfully

UberGizmo has an article mentioning: "... 09:35 AM PDT Japanese scientists could very well have toasted champagne among each other as they celebrated the successful deployment of their solar sail known as Ikaros . This 200-sq-m (2,100-sq-ft) membrane has been attached to a small disc-shaped spacecraft which was sent to orbit last month via a ..."

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