Thursday, June 10, 2010

News: First-Ever Solar Sail Launched by Japan, Unfurls, Prepares to Cruise Space

DailyTech has an article mentioning: "... not case-sensitive) Please enter the characters in the image below. The IKAROS probe consists of a solar sail that's approximately as thin as the diameter of a red blood cell. The sail has thin film solar panels and eight LCDs, used for steering, embedded in ..."

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