Japan to Launch Solar-Sail-Powered Spacecraft

Japan will launch the world’s first spacecraft tomorrow drawing its energy from a huge solar-powered sail. The craft will be launched aboard an H-IIA rocket before unfurling its ultra-thin membrane ’sail’ half the thickness of a human hair once it is in space Photo: BLOOMBERGIkaros - which stands for Interplanetary Kite-Craft Accelerated [...] continue reading the breaking news