(JAXA) An artist's conception shows Ikaros in its fully unfurled configuration.
Solar Sail Spreads Its Wings
JUNE 10, 2010Alan Boyle, MSNBC
Science writer Alan Boyle reports how Japan's space agency is stretching out its solar sail in deep space. Read how the experimental space craft, Ikaros, is putting a sci-fi-flavored propulsion method to its first interplanetary test.
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