Far out! Xplore teams up with JPL and Aerospace Corp. on gravity-lens telescope NASA has awarded a $2 million grant to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The Aerospace Corp. — and Xplore, a Seattle-based… Read More
Planetary Society hails ‘mission success’ after LightSail 2 solar sail raises its orbit It may be “mission accomplished” for the Planetary Society’s solar sail experiment, but its privately funded LightSail 2 mission is… Read More
LightSail 2 unfurls in orbit, marking the climax of solar sail experiment The nonprofit Planetary Society says its LightSail 2 experiment spread out its solar sails today, nearly a month after it… Read More
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket puts a solar sail and scads of other experiments in orbit SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket had its first night launch tonight, sending 24 different spacecraft toward three different types of orbit… Read More
NASA’s giant rocket will carry solar sail, a lunar flashlight and more mini-satellites NASA says it’ll send 13 miniaturized satellites – including a pop-up solar sail and a “lunar flashlight” – beyond Earth… Read More
