News: NASA Awards Solar Electric Propulsion Flight System Contract

Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced its solar power sail demonstrator craft called "IKAROS " has successfully unfurled its solar sail and was being propelled by solar pressure. > In April last year we reported on NASA's NanoSail-D solar satellite , which was propelled by a ..."

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