JAXA, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Aerospace_Exploration_Agency" id="mwAcE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency">Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency</a>, launches the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar-sail" id="mwAcI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Solar-sail">solar-sail</a> spacecraft <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKAROS" id="mwAcM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="IKAROS">IKAROS</a> aboard an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-IIA" id="mwAcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="H-IIA">H-IIA</a> rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.