A spacecraft, COSMO 1, will be scheduled for lauch on this wednesday, 22 June
2005, at 03:46 local brunei time {tuesday {June 21, 2005, 19:46:09 UTC (GMT}.
This is the first spacecraft with solar sail that harnesses the light paticles
as energy source to propell it. If it works, COSMO will be expected to orbit
earth during the testing period. More info on the mission.
http://planetary.org/solarsail/
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