The Japanese solar sail experiment IKAROS is apparently still alive, years after launch.
The Japanese solar sail experiment IKAROS is apparently still alive, years after launch.
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The Japanese solar sail Ikaros continues to function, more than 100 million miles from Earth
The Japanese solar sail Ikaros continues to function, more than 100 million miles from Earth.
Ikaros takes a picture of Venus
Ikaros takes a picture of Venus.
Ikaros successfully accelerated by the Sun
The Japanese space agency has announced that their solar sail spacecraft Ikaros has successfully increased its velocity using only the light from the Sun, the first time this has ever been done by an interplanetary spacecraft.