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solar sail deployedBelievers in extraterrestrial life cheered today as the Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time. Solar sails offer the best hope for deep space exploration because they eliminate the need to carry fuel. Deploying them is no easy task — given, you know, the whole lack of gravity thing — but this morning's action went off without a hitch....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/japanese-spacecraft-successfully-deploys-first-solar-sail-in-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
ikarosBelievers in extraterrestrial life cheered today as the Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time. Solar sails offer the best hope for deep space exploration because they eliminate the need to carry fuel. Deploying them is no easy task — given, you know, the whole lack of gravity thing — but this morning's action went off without a hitch....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/japanese-spacecraft-successfully-deploys-first-solar-sail-in-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
solar sail deployedBelievers in extraterrestrial life cheered today as the Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time. Solar sails offer the best hope for deep space exploration because they eliminate the need to carry fuel. Deploying them is no easy task — given, you know, the whole lack of gravity thing — but this morning's action went off without a hitch....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/japanese-spacecraft-successfully-deploys-first-solar-sail-in-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
solar sail deployedBelievers in extraterrestrial life cheered today as the Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time. Solar sails offer the best hope for deep space exploration because they eliminate the need to carry fuel. Deploying them is no easy task — given, you know, the whole lack of gravity thing — but this morning's action went off without a hitch....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/japanese-spacecraft-successfully-deploys-first-solar-sail-in-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
solar sail deployedBelievers in extraterrestrial life cheered today as the Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time. Solar sails offer the best hope for deep space exploration because they eliminate the need to carry fuel. Deploying them is no easy task — given, you know, the whole lack of gravity thing — but this morning's action went off without a hitch....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/japanese-spacecraft-successfully-deploys-first-solar-sail-in-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>5
solar sail deployedBelievers in extraterrestrial life cheered today as the Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time. Solar sails offer the best hope for deep space exploration because they eliminate the need to carry fuel. Deploying them is no easy task — given, you know, the whole lack of gravity thing — but this morning's action went off without a hitch....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/japanese-spacecraft-successfully-deploys-first-solar-sail-in-space/'>READ ARTICLE</a>6
