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    LightSail, solar sail spacecrafts, The Planetary Society, Pasadena, California, USA


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    LightSail-1 Mission Trailer

    Published on Jul 9, 2014

    CubeSats are tiny, low-cost satellites that have opened up new avenues of space research for universities and small organizations. To help CubeSat applications reach the next level, The Planetary Society is testing an elegant propulsion method called solar sailing that could help CubeSats maneuver in Earth orbit and reach interplanetary destinations.

    LightSail-1 is a citizen-funded mission scheduled to launch in 2016 aboard the SpaceX Falcon Heavy.

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    LightSail – Flight by Light

    Published on Jan 26, 2015

    The first of The Planetary Society's two LightSail spacecraft will ride to space aboard an Atlas V rocket in May 2015. The mission is a shakedown cruise designed to test out the CubeSat's critical systems.

    In 2016, the second LightSail spacecraft will piggyback into orbit aboard the first operational flight of SpaceX's new Falcon Heavy rocket for a full-fledged solar sailing demonstration.
    "Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson's new spacecraft set for first test flight
    Trent Moore
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    by Trent Moore
    January 26, 2015

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    How LightSail 2 could change the course of space travel

    Published on Jul 26, 2019

    Bill Nye's project that uses solar wind to move through space hit a major milestone this week when the LightSail 2 unfurled its massive solar sail.

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    LightSail 2 - Mission success!

    Published on Jul 31, 2019

    MISSION SUCCESS! We just raised our orbit around Earth using sunlight alone, something that’s never been done before. LightSail 2 is now the highest performing solar sail to date and it's 100% crowdfunded by our members and backers!

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    Bill Nye explains the science behind solar sailing

    Published on Aug 15, 2019

    On June 25, the Planetary Society's LightSail 2 hitched a ride into orbit on board SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. The solar sail is propelled only by sunlight, and its technology holds promise for early detection of major events in space, as well as travel across vast distances. To find out more, WIRED's Daniel Oberhaus spoke with Planetary Society CEO, Bill Nye.

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    SU Global Summit 2019 | The Lightsail 2 Spacecraft - Sailing on Sunlight | Bruce Betts

    Nov 25, 2019

    Long the vision of fiction writers, a spaceship sail driven by the power of the sun is being tested in the skies above us.

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