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* '''October 1, 2008''' [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/telecon5.html MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th.] [[MESSENGER]] used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant. The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/multi05.html multimedia page] shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size.
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* '''September 5, 2008''' [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=102 MESSENGER Sails on Sun’s Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury]
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* '''August 25, 2008''' [http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/25/how-to-save-the-world-from-asteroid-impact-plastic-wrap/ Universe Today: How to Save the World From Asteroid Impact: Plastic Wrap] - First prize winner of the [http://www.spacegeneration.org/asteroid Move an Asteroid competition], Australian PhD student Mary D'Souza, proposes wrapping an asteroid with reflective film to deflect its orbit with solar radiation pressure.
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* '''August 2, 2008''' NanoSail-D launch was lost [http://kwajrockets.blogspot.com/ Kimbal Musk's blog]
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* '''June 27, 2008:''' [[NanoSail-D]] mission to be launched on or about July 29th.
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* '''June 23, 2008:''' [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/20080623.html The Planetary Society Solar Sail Update]
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* '''March 18, 2008:''' [[Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, 1917-2008|Sir Arthur Charles Clarke passes away.]] Please leave your thoughts on the [[Talk:Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, 1917-2008|discussion page.]]
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Revision as of 15:01, 10 May 2010

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.

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