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LightSail Gets a Ride to Orbit
The Planetary Society's LightSail-1 solar sail. Credit: Rick Sternbach/The Planetary Society PLANETARY SOCIETY PRESS RELEASE NASA announced this week that the Planetary Society’s LightSail-1 solar...
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NASA Budget Reaction: Where’s the Beef? Edition
Reactions are beginning to come in concerning the President’s budget proposal for NASA. Highlights thus far: Commercial Space Federation is very pleased The Planetary Society’s Bill Nye is channeling...
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Lou Friedman Visits The Space Show
This week on The Space Show with David Livingston…. 1. Monday, January 9, 2012: 2-3:30 PM PST: We welcome back Dr. Louis Friedman. Dr. Friedman is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Planetary...
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Planetary Society Wants for 30 Percent of NASA Budget for Science
Thirty Percent for Science: Planetary Society Calls for Increased Investment for the Future The Planetary Society has called on the U.S. Administration to rebalance NASA’s portfolio of programs and...
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Reactions to President’s FY 2013 NASA Budget Request
Commercial Spaceflight Federation On Commercial Crew Program: Today, the Commercial Spaceflight Federation welcomed the strong continued support for commercial spaceflight in the new NASA FY2013...
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NASA Looks to Lasso an Asteroid
Illustration of an asteroid retrieval spacecraft in the process of capturing a 7-m, 500-ton asteroid. (Image Credit: Rick Sternbach / KISS) By Douglas Messier Parabolic Arc Managing Editor Media...
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NASA Selects 18 Proposals for Asteroid Redirect Mission Studies
In this concept image, the robotic vehicle deploys an inflatable bag to envelop a free-flying small asteroid before redirecting it to a distant retrograde lunar orbit. (Credit: NASA) WASHINGTON (NASA...
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Planetary Society’s LightSail Spacecraft to Launch Aboard Falcon Heavy in 2016
The Planetary Society’s LightSail-1 solar sailing spacecraft is scheduled to ride a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to orbit in 2016 with its parent satellite, Prox-1. (Credit: Josh Spradling / The...
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Planetary Society Announces May Flight Test for LightSail Spacecraft
The Planetary Society’s LightSail-1 solar sailing spacecraft is scheduled to ride a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to orbit in 2016 with its parent satellite, Prox-1. (Credit: Josh Spradling / The...
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Planetary Society’s LightSail Spacecraft Arrives at Cape
The Planetary Society’s LightSail-1 solar sailing spacecraft is scheduled to ride a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to orbit in 2016 with its parent satellite, Prox-1. (Credit: Josh Spradling / The...
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ULA Launches X-37B, LightSail into Orbit
Atlas V liftoff (Credit: ULA) 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)...
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NASA Pays for Launch of Planetary Society’s LightSail
The Planetary Society’s LightSail-1 solar sailing spacecraft is scheduled to ride a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to orbit in 2016 with its parent satellite, Prox-1. (Credit: Josh Spradling / The...
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,...
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LightSail-A Named Smallsat Mission of the Year
LightSail spacecraft with solar sail deployed. (Credit: The Planetary Society) LOGAN, UT (Planetary Society PR) — At the 29th annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)/Utah State...
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Planetary 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...
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Planetary Society to Deploy LightSail 2 on Tuesday
Artist’s concept of LightSail 2 above Earth. (Credit: Josh Spradling / The Planetary Society) LightSail 2 Mission UpdateThe Planetary Society The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft is almost...
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Asteroid 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...
View ArticlePlanetary 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...
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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...
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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...
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