News: Space yacht powered by solar waves finally sets sail

Daily Mail has an article mentioning: "... thin film solar cells at about 7.7 million kilometres from Earth.' JAXA will continue monitoring and studying 'navigation technology using the solar sail', it said.  The device was launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre on May 18. This image sent back from the Ikaros spacecraft shows a portion of ..."

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