We’ve brought you news about the IKAROS solar sail spacecraft before, and now the time has finally come for it to take flight! That’s right, Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, is planning to launch the spacecraft powered by solar sails today at 6:22am Japan time and the event will be streaming live via the web for everyone to check out!
Almost all spacecraft are solar powered.
[...] been following the progress of the Japanese spaceship IKAROS — the first to unfurl a solar sail in deep space. Today, the [...]