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April 6, 2020

Breaking News

[ April 3, 2020 ] Video: Astronauts participate in Crew Dragon launch day dress rehearsal Mission Reports
[ April 3, 2020 ] Photos: Astronauts train to ride a Dragon into space Mission Reports
[ April 3, 2020 ] ESA science missions back in action after coronavirus-related shutdown Mission Reports
[ April 3, 2020 ] Crew training continues for SpaceX’s first launch with astronauts Mission Reports
[ April 3, 2020 ] SpaceX loses third Starship prototype in cryogenic ground test News

LightSail team declares success in solar sail experiment

August 1, 2019

The gentle push of sunlight is slowly changing the orbit of the Planetary Society’s crowd-funded LightSail 2 satellite after it unfurled a thin solar sail the size of a boxing ring last week, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Privately-funded spacecraft now solar sailing in Earth orbit

July 26, 2019

A nanosatellite launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket last month has unfurled a solar sail membrane and is using light pressure from the sun to change its orbit around Earth, pioneering techniques that could be used by future missions traveling to the sun’s stellar neighbors.

Rideshare mission for U.S. military confirmed as second Falcon Heavy launch

March 1, 2018

More than two dozen satellites from the U.S. military, NASA and research institutions will ride into orbit on SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy rocket launch, a mission currently scheduled for liftoff in June, a military spokesperson said.