NanoSail-D

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NanoSail-D is a NASA mission to deploy a 10 m² solar sail from a CubeSat. The mission ended on August 2nd, 2008, when the Falcon 1 rocket carrying it was unable to reach orbit.

Project website: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/nanosaild.html

News coverage:

Science@NASA article: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/26jun_nanosaild.htm
Discovery Channel story: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/09/solar-sail.html

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