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“Exploration is in our nature.” - Carl Sagan

Spacecraft and Technology

The Bruce Murray Space Image Library

LightSail 2 Spreads its Wings and Begins to Fly

LightSail 2 Sail Deployment From Camera 2

LightSail 2 Sail Deployment From Camera 1

LightSail's sail deployment system

LightSail solar panels

Heliogyro solar sail concept

LightSail 2, CubeSat form, aft view

LightSail 2, solar sail deployed, tight shot

LightSail 2, CubeSat form, forward view

SpaceX launch pad 39A

LightSail laser ranging attempt, June 7 (CubeSat form)

LightSail 1 from the Netherlands, June 11

LightSail 1 in the clean room

Troubleshooting LightSail's radio system

The Shores of Kraken Mare

Cosmos-1 in flight

Lightsail 1 artist's concept with Milky Way background

LightSail 1 Artist's concept against Earth

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