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Press Releases/Media Alerts
Media Invited to LightSail 2 Press Teleconference with Bill Nye and Mission Team (June 17, 2019)
The Planetary Society will send a crowdfunded spacecraft called LightSail 2 on a historic mission to demonstrate solar sailing around the Earth on the next SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch.
The Planetary Society Releases New Apollo Cost Analysis (June 14, 2019)
In advance of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, The Planetary Society released comprehensive new cost analysis and Apollo mission resources.
The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 Will Launch No Earlier Than June 24, 2019 (June 7, 2019)
The Air Force today announced the new target launch date for the Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the mission, which will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Recent Blogs
The Solar System According to Carolyn Porco
The Planetary Society • November 26, 2019
The leader of the Cassini spacecraft imaging team discusses pale blue dots, life on Enceladus, terraforming Mars, Pluto, Carl Sagan, and more.
The Downlink: Starliner Preps for Test Flight, InSight's Mole Digs Again
Jason Davis • November 22, 2019
Planetary exploration news for busy people
The Best Gifts for Space Fans, According to 12 Scientists, Engineers and Educators
The Planetary Society • November 20, 2019
The Planetary Society's 2019 holiday gift guide will help you find space-themed gifts for kids and adults.
China Considers Voyager-like Mission to Interstellar Space
Andrew Jones • November 19, 2019
The mission includes a flyby of Neptune and measurements of the heliosphere, the electrically charged gas bubble surrounding our solar system
The Downlink: Mercury Transits the Sun, Hayabusa2 Leaves Ryugu
Jason Davis • November 15, 2019
Planetary exploration news for busy people
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Bill Nye Head Shot Dark 2015
F. Scott Schafer
Bill Nye and the World 2015 (2)
F. Scott Schafer
Bill Nye with LightSail Model
F. Scott Schafer
Bill Nye Thinking 2015
F. Scott Schafer
CubeSats have made low-cost space missions a reality for universities and research groups. However, these tiny satellites lack propulsion. LightSail will demonstrate the viability of solar sailing for CubeSats.
The Planetary Society's Shoemaker NEO Grant program helps astronomers find, track and characterize near-Earth objects.
Planetary Deep Drill is designed to explore tens, hundreds or even thousands of meters below the Martian polar ice caps and Europa's icy crust.
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