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In addition to boosters, Japan is the only nation to have launched a practical solar sail spacecraft[1]. They've also got another spacecraft[2] orbiting an ast
by Symmetry 8y ago
In addition to boosters, Japan is the only nation to have launched a practical solar sail spacecraft[1]. They've also got another spacecraft[2] orbiting an asteroid with the intent of returning a sample from it.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKAROS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKAROS
[2]http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/ http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/