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Sunlight pushes gently on spacecraft with large, lightweight, mirrored ''solar sails''. They enable travel throughout the solar system and beyond without rocket propellant. SolarSailWiki covers everything from the science of light pressure, what they can do for us, to technologies and missions of the future. 

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