Planetary Society’s LightSail Spacecraft to Launch Aboard Falcon Heavy in 2016
PASADENA, Calif. (Planetary Society PR) — The Planetary Society, the world’s largest and most influential space interest group, announces that its LightSail solar sail spacecraft will reach space on a...
View ArticlePlanetary Society Announces May Flight Test for LightSail Spacecraft
PASADENA, CA (Planetary Society PR) – The Planetary Society today announced the first of its LightSail spacecraft will embark on a May 2015 test flight. Funded entirely by private citizens, the solar...
View ArticlePlanetary Society’s LightSail Spacecraft Arrives at Cape
PASADENA, Calif., March 9, 2015 (Planetary Society PR) – The Planetary Society’s privately funded LightSail spacecraft has arrived in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where it will be integrated with an Atlas V...
View ArticleULA Launches X-37B, LightSail into Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., May 20, 2015 (ULA PR) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Air Force Space Command 5 (AFSPC-5) satellite for the U.S. Air...
View ArticleNASA Pays for Launch of Planetary Society’s LightSail
WASHINGTON, DC (NASA PR) — With help from NASA, a small research satellite to test technology for in-space solar propulsion launched into space Wednesday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral...
View ArticleLightSail Deploys Solar Sail
To recap: LightSail deployment motor activated! Counts showed sail booms continuing to extend before spacecraft moved out of range. — Jason Davis (@jasonrdavis) June 7, 2015 PASADENA, Calif., June 7,...
View ArticleLightSail-A Named Smallsat Mission of the Year
LOGAN, UT (Planetary Society PR) — At the 29th annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)/Utah State University (USU) Conference on Small Satellites, The Planetary Society’s...
View ArticlePlanetary Society Encouraged by Proposed NASA Budget
PASADENA, Calif., February 11, 2016 (Planetary Society PR) — In response to U.S. President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Budget Request, The Planetary Society issued the following statements from Bill...
View ArticlePlanetary Society to Deploy LightSail 2 on Tuesday
LightSail 2 Mission UpdateThe Planetary Society The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft is almost ready to go solar sailing. Mission officials today cleared the spacecraft for a possible sail...
View ArticleAsteroid Day TV Launches 1 June Kicking Off the Countdown to Asteroid Day...
LUXEMBOURG, 27 May 2021 (Asteroid Foundation PR) — The Asteroid Foundation will launch Asteroid Day TV on 1 June 2021 with digital video content from Discovery Science, TED, IMAX, BBC, CNN, The...
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