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Jason Davis • June 08, 2015 • 7
It’s official: The sails are out. This afternoon, LightSail mission controllers downlinked a partial image of the spacecraft’s solar sails in space.
Jason Davis • June 07, 2015 • 16
LightSail's tiny solar sail deployment motor sprung to life Sunday afternoon, marking an important milestone for The Planetary Society’s nail-biting test mission.
Jason Davis • June 06, 2015 • 6
LightSail is back in business, following the second extended outage of the test spacecraft’s mission. The CubeSat checked in at 2:21 p.m. EDT Saturday.
Jason Davis • June 04, 2015 • 10
The LightSail test spacecraft fell silent for a second time, less than a day after completing what appeared to be a successful solar panel deployment.
Jason Davis • June 03, 2015 • 1
LightSail didn’t send home pretty pictures of Earth today, but it did relay promising signs that its deployable solar panels swung successfully out into space.
Jason Davis • June 02, 2015 • 8
LightSail Mission Managers have decided to split the spacecraft’s sail deployment sequence into two segments, following an extended checkout period that wrapped up Tuesday.
Jason Davis • June 01, 2015 • 5
A jumbled JPG never looked so pretty. This afternoon, LightSail sent home pieces of two images taken by one of the spacecraft's onboard cameras.
Jason Davis • May 30, 2015 • 12
The Planetary Society’s LightSail test spacecraft reported for duty this afternoon, heralding the end of an uneasy silence caused by a suspected software glitch.
Jason Davis • May 30, 2015 • 8
LightSail is almost ready for its moment in the sun. Mission managers are preparing for a manual solar sail deployment this week.
Jason Davis • May 29, 2015 • 4
The Planetary Society's LightSail spacecraft is now entering its second week of silence.
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