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- NASA’s Nanosail-D Becomes the First Solar Sail Spacecraft to Orbit the Earth Fri, 28 Jan 11, 6:49amNASA’s tiny solar sail spacecraft, the Nanosail-D, has become the first solar vehicle to orbit the Earth. NanoSail-D was placed into orbit 400 miles above the planet by its ‘mother satellite’ the Fast, Affordable,...
- NASA’s Solar Powered Micro-Satellite Will Clean Space Debris Fri, 10 Dec 10, 3:33amSolar sail satellites have been taking the top headlines this year, with devices such as Lightsail-1 grabbing much of the attention. However, NASA has just become the first agency to launch an experimental micro-satellite...
- NASA Set to Launch Solar NanoSail into Space Fri, 20 Aug 10, 4:41amThis year Inhabitat brought you the Japanese space agency’s successful deployment and use of a solar sail to propel its spacecraft Ikaros, and now NASA announced plans this week for its own solar sail mission...
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