Cosmos 1 solar sail test craft launches but doesn't fly, society says
The Cosmos 1 solar sail, designed to power spacecraft to other planets, plummeted to Earth July 20 after it failed to separate from its booster rocket, according to its founders. Preliminary reports indicate a software glitch - not the rocket itself or its payload - caused the solar sail to crash...
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