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Jul 19, 2019
Media Advisory: LightSail 2 Will Attempt Solar Sail Deployment on Tuesday, July 23The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 spacecraft is almost ready to go solar sailing!
Jul 11, 2019
Planetary Society-funded Technology Picked by NASA for Possible Moon FlightPlanetVac, a Planetary Society-funded technology that simplifies the process of collecting samples from other worlds, may fly to the Moon.
Jun 25, 2019
The Planetary Society Celebrates Launch of LightSail 2LightSail 2 is officially in space! The Planetary Society's solar sail CubeSat lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 25 June at 02:30 EDT (06:30 UTC). The late-night launch came courtesy of SpaceX's triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket, which was carrying 24 spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force's STP-2 mission.
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