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08 Apr, 2008

Paper airplane to fly from space to Earth

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A 7 centimeters (2.8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide Space Shuttle-shaped paper plane is seen in a wind tunnel before a durability test at a Tokyo University laboratory in Kashiwa, near Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Japanese scientists and origami masters are aiming to achieve what may seem a frivolous ambition: launch a paper airplane from space to see if it can make it back to earth. Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth.


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