Project Counts on Solar Radiation To Help Control Hayabusa
Credit: JAXA
Controllers trying to rescue Japan's Hayabusa space mission will count on solar radiation pressure to help control the attitude of the crippled craft, improving the chances of bringing it and an historic asteroid sample back to Earth. By taking into account the force of radiation on Hayabusa's solar...
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