News: IKAROS unfurls first ever solar sail in space

PhysOrg.com has an article mentioning: "... June 11, 2010 by Lin Edwards Enlarge (PhysOrg.com) -- Japan's IKAROS has rolled out its solar sail, the first ever deployed in space. JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, achieved the feat by rotating the craft rapidly and spinning the sail ..."

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