Bill Nye – Spaceflight Now

April 26, 2019

Breaking News

[ April 25, 2019 ] Russia ships X-ray astronomy satellite to launch site Mission Reports
[ April 25, 2019 ] Carbon-monitoring instrument poised for launch to International Space Station Falcon 9
[ April 25, 2019 ] Few details available in early days of SpaceX accident investigation Mission Reports
[ April 24, 2019 ] InSight lander detects first likely ‘quake’ on Mars Mission Reports
[ April 23, 2019 ] Photos: Antares rocket blasts off from Virginia Antares

LightSail hailed as precursor for low-cost planetary missions

June 10, 2015

Managers in charge of the privately-funded LightSail solar sail in Earth orbit said Wednesday the success of the experiment is a step toward opening up the solar system to scores of modest science probes that could explore space at a fraction of the cost of traditional government-backed missions.

Citizen-funded CubeSat ready to go solar sailing

May 19, 2015

A shoebox-sized satellite conceived and funded by members of the Planetary Society, an advocacy organization co-founded by Carl Sagan, is fastened to an Atlas 5 rocket for launch Wednesday to test one of the late celebrity-astronomer’s futuristic concepts for exploring the cosmos.