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==NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA and Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite==<br />
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2009/09-102.html<br />
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FASTSAT-HSV01 (Fast, Affordable Science and Technology Satellite) is the first of a series of small satellite platforms intended to carry multiple small instruments and experiments at low cost on a variety of launch vehicles. [[NanoSail-D]], previously attempted on a Falcon-1 test flight, is one of the initial experiments of this new satellite platform.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 16:55, 10 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Spaceflight Now: Two solar sailing trials readied for launch next year==<br />
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/10solarsails/<br />
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Article about the [[IKAROS]] and [[LightSail]] 1 missions planned for launch in 2010.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:55, 12 November 2009 (UTC)<br />
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ABC News picked this item up.<br />
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/sailing-space-reality/story?id=9077536<br />
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==Planetary Society planning 3-mission solar sail project==<br />
http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2009/1109_Planetary_Society_to_Sail_Again_with.html<br />
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[http://www.planetary.org/ The Planetary Society] announced the project LightSail to fly three solar sails of increasing size and complexity over the next several years. An anonymous donor provided funding for the missions, which will begin with LightSail-1, a 3-meter square sail deployed from a 10x10x30cm Cubesat. This is similar to NASA's [[NanoSail-D]]. LightSail-2 will be larger and have increased sailing ability out of Earth orbit. LightSail-3 is intended to sail to the sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point to demonstrate solar wind monitoring for geomagnetic storm forecasting. The Planetary Society previously attempted to test fly a solar sail in the [[Cosmos 1]] mission.<br />
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Other coverage:<br />
* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/multimission_project.html The Planetary Society LightSail project page]<br />
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/space/10solar.html New York Times: Setting Sail Into Space, Propelled by Sunshine]<br />
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33812469/ns/technology_and_science-space/from/ET MSNBC.com: After letdown, solar-sail project rises again]<br />
* [http://planetary.org/radio/show/00000366/ Planetary Radio: Celebrating Carl Sagan and a New Solar Sail With Ann Druyan]<br />
* [http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002197/ The Planetary Society Blog: A million dollars says the Planetary Society can make a solar sail fly]<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:15, 10 November 2009 (UTC)<br />
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More coverage:<br />
* [http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/11/11/dream-of-solar-sailing-in-space-lives-on-in-new-project/ Christian Science Monitor: Dream of solar sailing in space lives on in new project]<br />
* [http://agmetalminer.com/2009/11/12/aluminum-the-key-to-travel-between-the-stars/ Metal Miner: Aluminum the Key to Travel Between the Stars]<br />
* [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1510/1 The Space Review: Solar sailing gets its second wind]<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)<br />
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Even more coverage:<br />
* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/18/up_in_space_in_2010/page3.html The Register]<br />
--[[User:Chris|Chris]] 11:55, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==IKAROS papers presented at the 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science==<br />
Several papers on the [[IKAROS]] solar sail mission and Japan's solar sail research in general were presented at the [http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/index.html 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science] and made available. Links to these papers are available on the [[IKAROS]] page.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:11, 14 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Space Politics: A call for reviving NIAC==<br />
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/08/07/a-call-for-reviving-niac/<br />
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[http://www.spacepolitics.com/ Space Politics] story on a report by the [http://www.nationalacademies.org/nrc/ National Research Council] on the effectiveness of the [[NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts]] ([[NIAC]]). The report recommends resinstatment of the program. NIAC, closed in 2007, funded revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts, including solar sails and related technologies.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:59, 2 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Crunch Gear: They now use solar technology to propel satellites==<br />
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/11/they-now-use-solar-technology-to-propel-satellites/<br />
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Crunch Gear story on JAXA's [[IKAROS]] solar sail project. Also see JAXA's Japanese language summary of the project:<br />
<br />
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/09/20090909_sac_ikaros_j.html<br />
<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 20:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==The Times Online: 'Sailing' spacecraft could keep watch on Earth's polar regions==<br />
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article6829671.ece<br />
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A Times Online story about polar observation and space weather applications of solar sails in artificial Lagrange orbits from a talk by Prof. [[Colin R. McInnes]] at the British Science Festival in Guildford.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:30, 11 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
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Update: The Guardian also carried the story:<br />
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/sep/10/solar-sail-space-exploration<br />
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--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==StarTalk Radio Show: What's Exploration Worth?==<br />
[http://www.startalkradio.net/2009/08/16/what’s-exploration-worth StarTalk page.]<br />
[[Louis Friedman]], director of the [http://planetary.org/ Planetary Society], joins Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye to discuss the value of space exploration. Solar sails are discussed at about the 46 minute mark.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 17:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Discover: The Elegant Way to Save Earth From Asteroid Destruction==<br />
[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/09/04/the-elegant-way-to-save-the-earth-from-asteroid-destruction/ Discover blog.]<br />
Discussion about using [[Gravity Tractor|gravity tractors]] to deflect asteroids, including Prof. Bong Wie's proposal to use solar sails as the tractors.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==MIT Technology Review: the physics arXiv blog: Relativistic Navigation Needed for Solar Sails==<br />
[http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24007/ MIT Technology Review blog page.]<br />
Discussion about the challenges of navigating a solar sail on a high speed escape from the solar system due to relativistic effects.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:13, 8 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Space.com: First Solar Sail Might Soon Fly==<br />
[http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090812-tw-solar-sail-new-mission.html Space.com article.]<br />
Story about the possible flight of NASA's spare [[NanoSail-D]] sail as a [http://www.planetary.org Planetary Society] project.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:31, 12 August 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Space.com: Ann Druyan: How to Sail Beyond the Moon Landings==<br />
[http://www.space.com/news/090714-apollo11-40th-ann-druyan.html Space.com article.]<br />
Ann Druyan discusses the future of space exploration, including solar sailing.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System==<br />
[http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_090519_Space-Engines ESA video on advanced propulsion:] "Electric ion engines; plasma drives, slingshot-style gravitational-assist maneuvers; ultra-light super-strong solar sails and other innovations are driving exploration forward beyond reliance on chemical rockets."<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==The Atlantic: Across the Universe==<br />
[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/solar-sailing An article about The Planetary Society's efforts to fly another solar sail demonstration mission - Cosmos 2.] Their previous attempt, Cosmos 1, suffered a launch vehicle failure.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities==<br />
[http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Solar_Sail_Update_New_Opportunities_999.html Update on The Planetary Society's solar sail activities.]<br />
From [http://www.space-travel.com Space Travel].<br />
Also see: [http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society]<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel==<br />
[http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1223/1 Review of the book posted on The Space Review.]<br />
SolarSailWiki article: [[Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel]]<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th==<br />
[http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/telecon5.html MESSENGER Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab page.]<br />
[[MESSENGER]] used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant. <br />
The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/multi05.html multimedia page] shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)<br />
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==MESSENGER Sails on Sun's Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury==<br />
[http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=102 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab press release].<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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<endFeed/></div>Chrishttp://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php/NewsNews2009-11-15T02:55:12Z<p>Chris: /* Spaceflight Now: Two solar sailing trials readied for launch next year */</p>
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<div>See the [[News Archive]] for older news items.<br />
See [[Help:News]] for information on adding news items.<br />
Use the "RSS" and "Atom" links in the "Toolbox" on the left side to subscribe to this new feed.<br />
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==Spaceflight Now: Two solar sailing trials readied for launch next year==<br />
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/10solarsails/<br />
<br />
Article about the [[IKAROS]] and [[LightSail]] 1 missions planned for launch in 2010.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:55, 12 November 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
ABC News picked this item up.<br />
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/sailing-space-reality/story?id=9077536<br />
<br />
==Planetary Society planning 3-mission solar sail project==<br />
http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2009/1109_Planetary_Society_to_Sail_Again_with.html<br />
<br />
[http://www.planetary.org/ The Planetary Society] announced the project LightSail to fly three solar sails of increasing size and complexity over the next several years. An anonymous donor provided funding for the missions, which will begin with LightSail-1, a 3-meter square sail deployed from a 10x10x30cm Cubesat. This is similar to NASA's [[NanoSail-D]]. LightSail-2 will be larger and have increased sailing ability out of Earth orbit. LightSail-3 is intended to sail to the sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point to demonstrate solar wind monitoring for geomagnetic storm forecasting. The Planetary Society previously attempted to test fly a solar sail in the [[Cosmos 1]] mission.<br />
<br />
Other coverage:<br />
* [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/multimission_project.html The Planetary Society LightSail project page]<br />
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/space/10solar.html New York Times: Setting Sail Into Space, Propelled by Sunshine]<br />
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33812469/ns/technology_and_science-space/from/ET MSNBC.com: After letdown, solar-sail project rises again]<br />
* [http://planetary.org/radio/show/00000366/ Planetary Radio: Celebrating Carl Sagan and a New Solar Sail With Ann Druyan]<br />
* [http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002197/ The Planetary Society Blog: A million dollars says the Planetary Society can make a solar sail fly]<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:15, 10 November 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==IKAROS papers presented at the 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science==<br />
Several papers on the [[IKAROS]] solar sail mission and Japan's solar sail research in general were presented at the [http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2009/papers/html/index.html 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science] and made available. Links to these papers are available on the [[IKAROS]] page.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:11, 14 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Space Politics: A call for reviving NIAC==<br />
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/08/07/a-call-for-reviving-niac/<br />
<br />
[http://www.spacepolitics.com/ Space Politics] story on a report by the [http://www.nationalacademies.org/nrc/ National Research Council] on the effectiveness of the [[NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts]] ([[NIAC]]). The report recommends resinstatment of the program. NIAC, closed in 2007, funded revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts, including solar sails and related technologies.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:59, 2 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Crunch Gear: They now use solar technology to propel satellites==<br />
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/11/they-now-use-solar-technology-to-propel-satellites/<br />
<br />
Crunch Gear story on JAXA's [[IKAROS]] solar sail project. Also see JAXA's Japanese language summary of the project:<br />
<br />
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/09/20090909_sac_ikaros_j.html<br />
<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 20:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==The Times Online: 'Sailing' spacecraft could keep watch on Earth's polar regions==<br />
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article6829671.ece<br />
<br />
A Times Online story about polar observation and space weather applications of solar sails in artificial Lagrange orbits from a talk by Prof. [[Colin R. McInnes]] at the British Science Festival in Guildford.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:30, 11 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Update: The Guardian also carried the story:<br />
<br />
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/sep/10/solar-sail-space-exploration<br />
<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==StarTalk Radio Show: What's Exploration Worth?==<br />
[http://www.startalkradio.net/2009/08/16/what’s-exploration-worth StarTalk page.]<br />
[[Louis Friedman]], director of the [http://planetary.org/ Planetary Society], joins Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye to discuss the value of space exploration. Solar sails are discussed at about the 46 minute mark.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 17:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Discover: The Elegant Way to Save Earth From Asteroid Destruction==<br />
[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/09/04/the-elegant-way-to-save-the-earth-from-asteroid-destruction/ Discover blog.]<br />
Discussion about using [[Gravity Tractor|gravity tractors]] to deflect asteroids, including Prof. Bong Wie's proposal to use solar sails as the tractors.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==MIT Technology Review: the physics arXiv blog: Relativistic Navigation Needed for Solar Sails==<br />
[http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24007/ MIT Technology Review blog page.]<br />
Discussion about the challenges of navigating a solar sail on a high speed escape from the solar system due to relativistic effects.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:13, 8 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Space.com: First Solar Sail Might Soon Fly==<br />
[http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090812-tw-solar-sail-new-mission.html Space.com article.]<br />
Story about the possible flight of NASA's spare [[NanoSail-D]] sail as a [http://www.planetary.org Planetary Society] project.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:31, 12 August 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Space.com: Ann Druyan: How to Sail Beyond the Moon Landings==<br />
[http://www.space.com/news/090714-apollo11-40th-ann-druyan.html Space.com article.]<br />
Ann Druyan discusses the future of space exploration, including solar sailing.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System==<br />
[http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_090519_Space-Engines ESA video on advanced propulsion:] "Electric ion engines; plasma drives, slingshot-style gravitational-assist maneuvers; ultra-light super-strong solar sails and other innovations are driving exploration forward beyond reliance on chemical rockets."<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==The Atlantic: Across the Universe==<br />
[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/solar-sailing An article about The Planetary Society's efforts to fly another solar sail demonstration mission - Cosmos 2.] Their previous attempt, Cosmos 1, suffered a launch vehicle failure.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities==<br />
[http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Solar_Sail_Update_New_Opportunities_999.html Update on The Planetary Society's solar sail activities.]<br />
From [http://www.space-travel.com Space Travel].<br />
Also see: [http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society]<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel==<br />
[http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1223/1 Review of the book posted on The Space Review.]<br />
SolarSailWiki article: [[Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel]]<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th==<br />
[http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/telecon5.html MESSENGER Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab page.]<br />
[[MESSENGER]] used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant. <br />
The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/multi05.html multimedia page] shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size.<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)<br />
<br />
==MESSENGER Sails on Sun's Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury==<br />
[http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=102 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab press release].<br />
--[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<endFeed/></div>Chrishttp://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php/Main_PageMain Page2008-08-03T11:12:08Z<p>Chris: </p>
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<div>This website contains information on solar sailing, an old idea but a new technology for moving around and doing things in space. Solar sails are very large and lightweight mirrors that are pushed through space by sunlight. Traditionally, spacecraft have used rockets or thrusters, which propel material in one direction to travel in the other. To learn more, take a look through the sections listed below.<br />
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If you are interested in contributing to SolarSailWiki, contact an [mailto:admin@solarsails.info administrator].<br />
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* '''August 2, 2008''' NanoSail-D launch was lost [http://kwajrockets.blogspot.com/ Kimbal Musk's blog]<br />
* '''June 27, 2008:''' [[NanoSail-D]] mission to be launched on or about July 29th.<br />
* '''June 23, 2008:''' [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/20080623.html The Planetary Society Solar Sail Update]<br />
* '''March 18, 2008:''' [[Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, 1917-2008|Sir Arthur Charles Clarke passes away.]]<br />
* '''December 11, 2007:''' [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_5_asteroid.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin The New York Times: The Best Way to Deflect an Asteroid]</div>Chris