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| − | ==IKAROS moves to Verification Experiment Phase==
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| − | http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100524_ikaros_e.html | + | |
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| − | May 24, 2010 (JST)
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| − | [http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)]
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| − | The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) completed the initial operation check of the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS," which was launched on May 21, 2010 (Japan Standard Time,) from the Tanegashima Space Center. We will take a few weeks to carry out the first verification experiments, namely deployment of the solar sail and solar power generation by thin film solar cells.
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| − | '''See Also'''
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| − | * [[IKAROS]]
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| − | * [http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/ikaros/index_e.html JAXA IKAROS Mission Page]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 13:22, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ==The Operation Status of the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator 'IKAROS'==
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| − | http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100522_ikaros_e.html
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| − | May 22, 2010 (JST)
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| − | [http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)]
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| − | The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) acquired the signal transmitted from the IKAROS at the Usuda Deep Space Station and confirmed its solar power generation and stable posture, and established communications. We will turn on onboard devices one by one.
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| − | '''See Also'''
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| − | * [[IKAROS]]
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| − | * [http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/ikaros/index_e.html JAXA IKAROS Mission Page]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 13:22, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ==AKATSUKI and IKAROS ready for launch==
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| − | http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/index_e.html
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| − | JAXA is preparing to launch AKATSUKI (Venus Climate Orbiter) and [[IKAROS]] on May 17, 2010, at 21:44:14 UTC (May 18 6:44:14am Japan Standard Time, May 17 5:44:14pm Eastern Standard Time). A live broadcast will begin 30 minutes prior to launch.
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| − | ===More coverage===
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| − | * [http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/live/index_e.html Live Broadcast] - starting 5:15pm EST (May 18 6:15am JST, May 17 21:15 UTC)
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| − | * [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/japan-venus-double-mission-100516.html Space.com: Japanese Solar Sail Headed for Venus and Beyond]
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| − | * [http://www.spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/status.html Spaceflight Now coverage]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 05:17, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ===Mission Updates===
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| − | * [http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/mission/results/f17countdown_en.html Countdown Report] - X-60 minute countdown began 4:44pm EST May 17. All systems go. --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 21:06, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * [http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/live/index_e.html Live coverage has begun] --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 21:17, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * Launch postponed due to weather conditions. --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 21:40, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * [http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100518_h2af17_2_e.html AKATSUKI and IKAROS launch delayed to May 20 21:58 UTC (May 21 6:58am JST, May 20 5:58pm EST)] --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:51, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * 1 hr 24 minutes until the next launch attempt. 1 hour until live coverage begins. --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 20:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * [http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/live/index_e.html Live broadcast] has started. 37 minutes to next launch attempt. --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 21:20, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * 10 minutes and counting --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 21:48, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * Liftoff of [[IKAROS]] and Akatsuki! --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 21:59, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * Payload fairing has separated. 1st and 2nd stage have separated. 2nd stage engine has ignited. --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 22:08, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * The second stage is in low Earth orbit (LEO) and has deployed 3 small satellites. --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 22:18, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * The second stage burn to inject Akatsuki and IKAROS on a trajectory to Venus has finished. Akatsuki has separated from the launch vehicle. --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 22:27, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * Jettison of the support structure for Akatsuki which covers IKAROS is coming up, followed by separation of IKAROS from the 2nd stage. This update from [http://www.spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/status.html Spaceflight Now]. --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 22:39, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | * [[IKAROS]] has separated from the launch vehicle. Congratulations to the IKAROS team on a successful launch! --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 22:45, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ==JAXA releases detailed video overview of the IKAROS mission==
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| − | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_6HOqBkP2o
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| − | JAXA has released a detailed video describing all aspects of the [[IKAROS]] mission and spacecraft on [http://www.youtube.com YouTube].
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| − | The video is in Japanese, but should be easy to follow for non-Japanese speakers.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:50, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ==UK firm plans sails to clean up space==
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| − | http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/mar/26/space-sail-orbit-debris
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| − | Researchers at the [http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC Surrey Space Center] and [http://www.astrium.eads.net/ EADS Astrium] are working on a 5x5 meter solar sail nanosatellite called [[Cubesail]], planned for launch in 2011, to demonstrate removal of debris from Earth orbit.
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| − | ===Other coverage===
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| − | * [http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-03/cubesail-spacecraft-uses-sail-orbital-brake-end-it-all Popular Science: When Its Mission Ends, CubeSail Satellite Commits Ritualistic Suicide]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 18:35, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ==AKATSUKI and IKAROS open to the media==
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| − | http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/topics_e.html
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| − | The media was invited to view the AKATSUKI and [[IKAROS]] spacecraft. IT Media has several pictures of the two spacecraft.
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| − | http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1003/12/news079.html
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 18:13, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ===Updates===
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| − | * [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2010/03/18/04.xml&headline=JAXA%20Reveals%20Akatsuki%20Venus%20Explorer Aviation Week: JAXA Reveals Akatsuki Venus Explorer]
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| − | * [http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/19/2233551.aspx MSNBC Cosmic Log: Solar sails take shape]
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| − | * [http://www.spaceflightnow.com/h2a/akatsuki/100322shipment/ Spaceflight Now: Venus orbiter arrives at Japanese launch site]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:26, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ==Launch date of the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI", carrying the IKAROS solar sail, set for May 18, 2010==
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| − | http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/03/20100303_h2af17_e.html
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| − | The Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (Planet-C), carrying the [[IKAROS]] solar power sail demonstrator, is scheduled to launch on an H-IIA launch vehicle on May 18, 2010, at 6:44:14 AM from Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:53, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ==The Second International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2010) will be held July 20-22, 2010, at the New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York==
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| − | http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/isss2010/
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| − | "The symposium will focus on recent advances in solar sailing technologies and near-term solar sailing missions. The topics to be addressed include dynamics analysis and testing of solar sails, advanced materials and structural concepts of solar sails, space environmental effects and a solar spacecraft protection, solar spacecraft charging, enabling technologies, concepts, dynamics, navigation, control, modeling, mission applications, and programs."
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 22:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
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| − | ==The Planetary Society: Solar Sailing Messages from Earth==
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| − | http://www.planetary.org/special/fromearth/sail
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| − | Submit your name and a message to fly on [[LightSail]] or [[IKAROS]]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 17:02, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA and Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite==
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| − | http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2009/09-102.html
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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.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 16:55, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Spaceflight Now: Two solar sailing trials readied for launch next year== | + | |
| − | http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/10solarsails/
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| − | Article about the [[IKAROS]] and [[LightSail]] 1 missions planned for launch in 2010.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:55, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ABC News picked this item up.
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| − | http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/sailing-space-reality/story?id=9077536
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| − | ==Planetary Society planning 3-mission solar sail project==
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| − | http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2009/1109_Planetary_Society_to_Sail_Again_with.html
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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.
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| − | Other coverage:
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| − | * [http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/solar_sailing/multimission_project.html The Planetary Society LightSail project page]
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| − | * [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/space/10solar.html New York Times: Setting Sail Into Space, Propelled by Sunshine]
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| − | * [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33812469/ns/technology_and_science-space/from/ET MSNBC.com: After letdown, solar-sail project rises again]
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| − | * [http://planetary.org/radio/show/00000366/ Planetary Radio: Celebrating Carl Sagan and a New Solar Sail With Ann Druyan]
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| − | * [http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002197/ The Planetary Society Blog: A million dollars says the Planetary Society can make a solar sail fly]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:15, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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| − | More coverage:
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| − | * [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]
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| − | * [http://agmetalminer.com/2009/11/12/aluminum-the-key-to-travel-between-the-stars/ Metal Miner: Aluminum the Key to Travel Between the Stars]
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| − | * [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1510/1 The Space Review: Solar sailing gets its second wind]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
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| − | Even more coverage:
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| − | * [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/18/up_in_space_in_2010/page3.html The Register]
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| − | --[[User:Chris|Chris]] 11:55, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==IKAROS papers presented at the 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science==
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| − | 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.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:11, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Space Politics: A call for reviving NIAC==
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| − | http://www.spacepolitics.com/2009/08/07/a-call-for-reviving-niac/
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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.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:59, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Crunch Gear: They now use solar technology to propel satellites==
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| − | http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/11/they-now-use-solar-technology-to-propel-satellites/
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| − | Crunch Gear story on JAXA's [[IKAROS]] solar sail project. Also see JAXA's Japanese language summary of the project:
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| − | http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/09/20090909_sac_ikaros_j.html
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 20:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==The Times Online: 'Sailing' spacecraft could keep watch on Earth's polar regions==
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| − | http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article6829671.ece
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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.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:30, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
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| − | Update: The Guardian also carried the story:
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| − | http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/sep/10/solar-sail-space-exploration
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:28, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==StarTalk Radio Show: What's Exploration Worth?==
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| − | [http://www.startalkradio.net/2009/08/16/what’s-exploration-worth StarTalk page.]
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| − | [[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.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 17:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Discover: The Elegant Way to Save Earth From Asteroid Destruction==
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| − | [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/09/04/the-elegant-way-to-save-the-earth-from-asteroid-destruction/ Discover blog.]
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| − | Discussion about using [[Gravity Tractor|gravity tractors]] to deflect asteroids, including Prof. Bong Wie's proposal to use solar sails as the tractors.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 15:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==MIT Technology Review: the physics arXiv blog: Relativistic Navigation Needed for Solar Sails==
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| − | [http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24007/ MIT Technology Review blog page.]
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| − | Discussion about the challenges of navigating a solar sail on a high speed escape from the solar system due to relativistic effects.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:13, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Space.com: First Solar Sail Might Soon Fly==
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| − | [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/090812-tw-solar-sail-new-mission.html Space.com article.]
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| − | Story about the possible flight of NASA's spare [[NanoSail-D]] sail as a [http://www.planetary.org Planetary Society] project.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 14:31, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Space.com: Ann Druyan: How to Sail Beyond the Moon Landings==
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| − | [http://www.space.com/news/090714-apollo11-40th-ann-druyan.html Space.com article.]
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| − | Ann Druyan discusses the future of space exploration, including solar sailing.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 19:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System==
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| − | [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."
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==The Atlantic: Across the Universe==
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| − | [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.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities==
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| − | [http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Solar_Sail_Update_New_Opportunities_999.html Update on The Planetary Society's solar sail activities.]
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| − | From [http://www.space-travel.com Space Travel].
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| − | Also see: [http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel==
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| − | [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1223/1 Review of the book posted on The Space Review.]
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| − | SolarSailWiki article: [[Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel]]
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
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| − | ==MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th==
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| − | [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/telecon5.html MESSENGER Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab page.]
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| − | [[MESSENGER]] used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant.
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| − | The [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/multi05.html multimedia page] shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size.
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
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| − | ==MESSENGER Sails on Sun's Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury==
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| − | [http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=102 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab press release].
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| − | --[[User:Ben|Ben]] 12:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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