Planetary Society Hails LightSail Strides

HOUSTON—The Planetary Society’s LightSail-A mission team plans to address a pair of software issues, the most serious involving the attitude-control system, as it transitions from a dramatic but successful deployment demonstration of a 344-sq.-ft. prototype solar sail. A more-ambitious 2016 follow...

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