NASA’s “next-gen” solar sail spacecraft is ready to launch for practical testing
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The ACS3 is super compact – about the size of a microwave oven. However, it has four retractable booms that unfurl and hold four triangular sails, making a diamond shape about half the size of a tennis court. It takes about 25 minutes for the sails to unfold.
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