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2008/06/26

NASA to Attempt Historic Solar Sail Deployment

NASA Science News for June 26, 2008

This summer, NASA engineers will try to realize a dream older than the Space Age itself: the deployment of a working solar sail in Earth orbit. The name of the sail is NanoSail-D and it is scheduled for launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket as early as July 29, 2008.

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