Bill Nye – Spaceflight Now

February 28, 2020

Breaking News

[ February 26, 2020 ] Photos: Servicing spacecraft approaches Intelsat satellite high above Earth Mission Reports
[ February 26, 2020 ] Two commercial satellites link up in space for first time Mission Reports
[ February 26, 2020 ] SpaceX swaps upper stage for next Falcon 9 launch Falcon 9
[ February 26, 2020 ] NASA’s InSight mission shows Mars is a seismically active world Mission Reports
[ February 24, 2020 ] Fresh out of stealth mode, Astra gearing up for orbital launch from Alaska Mission Reports

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.