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NASA's solar sailing spacecraft is tumbling – but that's part of the plan

Friday September 6, 2024. 06:30 AM , from TheRegister
Who needs fuel – or even engines – when you could use the sun to push a spacecraft along?
NASA has announced its experimental ACS3 solar-sailing spacecraft is working as expected, after it was spotted tumbling in the night sky.…
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