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Solar sail probe's fate unknown

Started by Rick, Jun 22, 2005, 19:56:00

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The fate of an experimental spacecraft designed to use light from the Sun to power space travel is still unknown, scientists monitoring its launch say.

The privately-funded Cosmos-1 craft was launched overnight on a Russian missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4110912.stm