After more than three years circling the Earth, the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission has come to an end following a fiery reentry. The satellite was an important tech demo for the idea of solar ...
Following a flying start to the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series™ in Muscat, tensions are high with just one week to go before the boats are launched for Act 2 in Qingdao, China. The fleet of eight, ...
The crowd-funded craft burned up in Earth's atmosphere on Nov. 17. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The LightSail 2 spacecraft ...
After three years in space, the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission burned up in the atmosphere on Thursday, November 17th. During its mission, the crowdfunded spacecraft made 18,000 orbits of the ...
An experimental spacecraft testing solar sails as a means of cost-effective space propulsion that could power future missions to distant places is still riding the sunbeams in Earth's orbit more than ...