The Planetary Society says it has regained contact with its LightSail satellite. Last week fears arose that the organization had permanently lost touch with the tiny spacecraft, which launched ...

Planetary Society hails ‘mission success’ after LightSail 2 solar sail raises its orbit. by Alan Boyle on July 31, 2019 at 3:49 pm July 31, 2019 at 5:46 pm.

LightSail 2, a spacecraft powered by sunlight is expected to launch on June 22, capping off a yearslong odyssey for The Planetary Society.

LightSail’s fiery reentry marks the end of Planetary Society’s first test flight. by James Risley on June 15, 2015 at 5:54 pm June 15, 2015 at 5:54 pm.

The Planetary Society declared its experimental LightSail mission a success Tuesday after receiving a photograph from the small spacecraft showing the deployment of its Mylar solar sail. "The ...

The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 team on console prior to sail deployment at the Cal Poly CubeSat lab in San Luis Obispo, California. From left: Barbara Plante, founder and president, Boreal ...

Crowdfunded spacecraft LightSail 2 is making good on its name, after successfully unfurling its solar sail in orbit so that it can begin propelling itself using the force of light alone.

Collaborating with the Planetary Society on LightSail are Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and California firms Ecliptic Enterprises Corp., Boreal Space and Stellar Exploration Inc.

The non-profit Planetary Society has announced that its LightSail spacecraft will make its first flight in May. The solar-propelled CubeSat will lift off as a piggyback cargo atop an Atlas V ...

In a June 26 video posted to Kickstarter, Bill Nye announced that the Planetary Society surpassed its stretch goal of $1.24 million to fund the 2016 LightSail mission.

It may be "mission accomplished" for the Planetary Society's solar sail experiment, but its privately funded LightSail 2 mission is far from over. Five weeks after LightSail 2's launch aboard a ...

The Planetary Society says it has regained contact with its LightSail satellite. Last week fears arose that the organization had permanently lost touch with the tiny spacecraft, which launched earlier ...