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| − | * '''May 27, 2009''' [http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_090519_Space-Engines Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System] - [http://www.esa.int/ 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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| − | * '''May 5, 2009''' [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/solar-sailing The Atlantic: Across the Universe] - an article about [http://www.planetary.org 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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| − | * '''April 3, 2009''' [http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Solar_Sail_Update_New_Opportunities_999.html Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities] from [http://www.space-travel.com Space Travel]. Update on [http://www.planetary.org The Planetary Society's] solar sail activities.
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| − | * '''October 6, 2008''' [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1223/1 Review] of [[Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel]] on [http://www.thespacereview.com/ The Space Review]
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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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