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Jun 17, 2019
Media Invited to LightSail 2 Press Teleconference with Bill Nye and Mission TeamThe Planetary Society will send a crowdfunded spacecraft called LightSail 2 on a historic mission to demonstrate solar sailing around the Earth on the next SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch.
Jun 14, 2019
The Planetary Society Releases New Apollo Cost AnalysisIn advance of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, The Planetary Society released comprehensive new cost analysis and Apollo mission resources.
Jun 07, 2019
The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 Will Launch No Earlier Than June 24, 2019The Air Force today announced the new target launch date for the Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the mission, which will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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