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New solar-sail mission planned after 2005 failure (Reuters)
Nov 9, 2009

Bruce Murray (L), founder of the Planetary Society (TP<img src=, Ann Druyian (C) of Cosmos Studios and Jim Cantrell, chief technician of TPS, speak about the tracking of Cosmos 1, the world's first solar sail spacecraft, during a news conference at the Planetary Society and Cosmos Studios in Pasadena, California June 21, 2005. REUTERS/Gene Blevins" border="0">Reuters - Backers of a failed mission to launch the world's first solar-sail spacecraft unveiled plans on Monday to try again five years later with a smaller, swifter satellite to test the limits of sunlight propulsion.


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