Planetary Society Sets May 2016 For Solar Sail Mission

HOUSTON — The Planetary Society is targeting May 2016 for the launch of its LightSail mission, a two- to three-month solar sail experiment that will combine more recent CubeSat technologies with a centuries-old dream of navigating the solar system and beyond using the subtle force of photons from...

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