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The Daring LightSail 2 Spacecraft Is Being Sucked Into Fiery Doom

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2 months ago

The Daring LightSail 2 Spacecraft Is Being Sucked Into Fiery Doom

For the past three years, a tiny loaf-of-bread-sized spacecraft with gigantic wings has been sailing on sunbeams in low Earth…

NASA Moves Ahead With Wild Solar Sail Concept

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3 months ago

NASA Moves Ahead With Wild Solar Sail Concept

LightSail 2 Opens Its Sails In An Early Test Of Tech That May Make Interstellar Travel Possible

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3 years ago

LightSail 2 Opens Its Sails In An Early Test Of Tech That May Make Interstellar Travel Possible

George Dvorsky

Here’s Our First Look At Bill Nye’s Even Bigger, Higher-Flying LightSail

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6 years ago

Here’s Our First Look At Bill Nye’s Even Bigger, Higher-Flying LightSail

George Dvorsky

Less than a year after the LightSail cubesat successfully deployed its solar sails in space, the Planetary Society has unveiled…

Here’s Proof That The LightSail Satellite Has Unfurled Properly

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7 years ago

Here’s Proof That The LightSail Satellite Has Unfurled Properly

Jamie Condliffe

Bill Nye’s Solar-Powered Space-Sailer Has Woken Up

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7 years ago

Bill Nye’s Solar-Powered Space-Sailer Has Woken Up

LightSail Hit By ‘Software Glitch’, Falls Silent To Radio Comms

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7 years ago

LightSail Hit By ‘Software Glitch’, Falls Silent To Radio Comms

The team behind the LightSail, a solar-sail based craft currently in orbit after a successful launch last week, is currently…

Carl Sagan’s Solar Sail Is Ready For Its First Test Flight

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7 years ago

Carl Sagan’s Solar Sail Is Ready For Its First Test Flight

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