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Separation Camera Takes Full Images and ‘Movie’ of IKAROS Solar Sail
[/caption] Two small "separation cameras" were ejected from JAXA's (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) IKAROS solar sail, which successfully took some…
Japanese Solar Sail Deploys Successfully
[/caption] New images and data from the IKAROS solar sail show the thin solar film has deployed and expanded successfully…
Life-size Wooden Spacecraft Sculptures
[/caption] If you think about it, spacecraft are kind of ethereal in that once they are launched into space, we…
Japanese Firm Designing Futuristic Space Mega-Projects
[/caption] Space based solar power? How about a Moon-based solar collector that would beam energy back to Earth. This is…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Astronomy On Ice
Well, here's a bit of a first for AWAT, because this is a story about a telescope. But it's not…
Solar-Powered Airplane Makes Maiden Voyage
A solar powered airplane that one day will attempt an around the world non-stop flight took its maiden voyage yesterday…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Say No To Mass Extinction
[/caption] You may have heard that there is an 86 per cent chance that in a mere million years or…
New Cloaking Device Hides Objects in Three Dimensions
[/caption] Hiding an object with a cloaking device has been the stuff of science fiction, but over the past few…
Secret Mini Space Shuttle Could Launch April 19
[/caption] It's cute. It's little. It's also top secret. The X-37B orbital test vehicle is at Cape Canaveral in Florida,…