NASA's Nanosail-D 'sails' home -- mission complete

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 08:02 in Astronomy & Space

After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around the Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D -- a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit -- has successfully completed its Earth orbiting mission.

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