News: Japan Launches World's First Solar-Powered Spacecraft

EarthTechling has an article mentioning: "... we?re reporting on science fact: JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, has launched what is believed to be the world?s first solar-powered spacecraft, IKAROS. IKAROS is a Japanese acronym for Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun. That?s right, this craft is actually sailing ..."

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