NASA solar sail lost in space

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 12, 2010 @03:50PM

An anonymous reader writes "NASA has not heard from the experimental NanoSail-D miniature solar sail in nearly a week.NanoSail-D's spring-ejection was indicated at 1:31 a.m. EST Monday, leading to a predicted release of the spacecraft's sail membrane around 1:30 a.m. EST Thursday. See: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1012/11nanosaild/"

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