First Solar Sail Spacecraft

Post date: Jan 30, 2011 12:24:34 AM

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NASA's NanoSail-D size of a breadbox

has become the first solar sail spacecraft to orbit the Earth. At first, the tiny spacecraft got stuck when team members tried to release it from the FASTSAT satellite in late 2010, but a few days ago it spontaneously ejected from the satellite and starting sailing its way around the planet.

source: ecogeek.org