News: Solar Sail Spacecraft Steers with Sunlight for First Time

Space.com has an article mentioning: "... Flight Science Technology Entertainment SpaceViews NightSky SETI Video Community advertisement Japan's Ikaros spacecraft is the vanguard of solar sail propulsion. It launched in May 2010 and is shown here in June in photos snapped by a small camera ejected by the space sailcraft while flying in deep ..."

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