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By Feb 1, 2013
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NASA Will Launch A 13,000-Square-Foot Solar Sail Next Year

The largest solar sail the solar system has ever seen weighs only 70 pounds.

NASA Will Launch A 13,000-Square-Foot Solar Sail Next Year
By Jul 30, 2010
Technology

IKAROS Solar-Sail Craft Successfully Steers With Strategically Placed LCDs, Using No Propellant

Japan’s IKAROS spacecraft is still solar sailing its way across the solar system in a proof of concept experiment that … Continued

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By Jun 10, 2010
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It’s sink or sail time for Japan’s IKAROS spacecraft, and according to initial reports from JAXA the unfurling of the … Continued

Japan’s IKAROS Successfully Rolls Out First Solar Sail in Space, Prepares For Interplanetary Cruise