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NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space (www.space.com)
submitted 7 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world
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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

First photo looks rather unspectacular: https://www.space.com/nasa-solar-sail-space-photo

NASA also has a "spot the diamond in the sky" challenge haha: https://www.space.com/nasa-solar-sail-space-photo

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Here's a picture of it while it's still in the shop. https://inspenet.com/en/noticias/nasa-tests-solar-sail-in-solar-in-orbit/

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