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 Digital Literacy  United States Project #19054

LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight

by The Planetary Society
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LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight
LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight

Project Video

LightSail - Flying to Other Worlds on Sunlight Light Sail LightSail 1 - unfurled LightSail 1 - view of components Project Planning Meeting Small but mighty! LightSail 2's final photograph, 11/2022 Bill Nye speaks to Planetary Society members CEO Bill Nye with LightSail at the FUTURES exhibit Tropical Storm Mirinae near Japan, 8/7/2021. LightSail 2 image of central northern South Africa LIGHTSAIL 2 IMAGE OF MEDITERRANEAN AND THE RED SEA Dr. Bruce Betts' favorite pic of LightSail! LightSail 2 over the Caribbean Watching the launch at the Saturn V Center. SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifts off! NASA / JPL-Caltech MARS CUBE ONE (MARCO) AT MARS LightSail 2 engineers at work. TBT: Lou Friedman & Bill Nye inspect LightSail '09 LightSail final close-out documentation photograph Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye listens in. LightSail schematic sample LightSail 2 with mini-DVD LS2 antenna Alex Diaz of Ecliptic Engineering, testing unit. Riki Munakata of Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation LightSail-B at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Solar sails fully deployed. Installing P-POD into Prox-1 LightSail B P-POD simulator in Prox-1 structure. New LightSail corner cube array (draft design). Liftoff!

Organization Information

The Planetary Society

Location: Pasadena, CA - USA
Website:
Facebook: Facebook Page
Twitter: @exploreplanets
The Planetary Society
Richard Chute
Project Leader:
Richard Chute
Pasadena , CA United States

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