Meet spaceship IKAROS , its sail deployed, and off to the other side of the Sun by way of Venus. Its 20 meters across diagonally. This is the first picture of the first working solar-sail driven spacecraft ever taken.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Come Sail Away...
Meet spaceship IKAROS , its sail deployed, and off to the other side of the Sun by way of Venus. Its 20 meters across diagonally. This is the first picture of the first working solar-sail driven spacecraft ever taken.
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