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Articles tagged: The Planetary Society

  • Carl Sagan, LightSail-2, Prox-1, STP-2 mission, The Planetary Society 26 June 2019 LightSail 2 gets ready to make its debut in space

    ... theory was a viable one. In 1980, along with Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman, Sagan co-founded The Planetary Society to “empower the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration.” With his celebrity and political status blooming, Sagan...

    • Carl Sagan
    • LightSail-2
    • Prox-1
    • STP-2 mission
    • The Planetary Society
  • Ikaros, JAXA, LightSail-2, The Planetary Society, Voyager spacecraft 24 July 2019 LightSail 2 unfurls its sails and soars through space

    ...was angled to within 30 degrees of its expected orientation—a promising early sign the spacecraft is tracking the Sun properly,” The Planetary Society shared via its website. However the society also reported that, “LightSail 2 did not rise far above...

    • Ikaros
    • JAXA
    • LightSail-2
    • The Planetary Society
    • Voyager spacecraft
  • fuel, NASA, solar sail, solar sail propulsion January 2017 New oceans beckon for solar sail technology

    ..., LightSail-A. This was a 3U CubeSat mission that deployed a 32 square metre sail similar to the NanoSail-D, only larger. The Planetary Society plans to fly LightSail-2 sometime in 2017 to demonstrate deployment and control of a sailcraft in Earth...

    • fuel
    • NASA
    • solar sail
    • solar sail propulsion
    Authors: Les Johnson    
  • Elon Musk, mars, SpaceX, special report January 2017 Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect

    ...” of Musk’s “extremely sub-optimal” plan, and likewise commented adversely on its gigantism. Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society, pointed out in interviews that living on Mars would be like living in Antarctica, only worse, and questioned whether...

    • Elon Musk
    • mars
    • SpaceX
    • special report
    Authors: Stephen Ashworth    
  • Alexander Lipatov, Institute of Space Research, Konstantin Pichkhadze, Vega Project, Vyacheslav Linkin March 2015 Chasing comets together: the Vega project in the USSR and beyond

    ... out to see what the Russians brought. We tested the equipment’s working efficiency prior to traveling out into the desert for testing. At the request of Louis Friedman, executive director of The Planetary Society, we held an exhibition performance...

    • Alexander Lipatov
    • Institute of Space Research
    • Konstantin Pichkhadze
    • Vega Project
    • Vyacheslav Linkin
    Authors: Alexander Lipatov     Konstantin Pichkhadze     Vyacheslav Linkin    
  • Japan, Low Earth Orbit, luna rovers, Moon, Space Robotics lab, Tohoku University September 2017 Plans for high-speed lunar rovers

    ...1 A. Zak, “NASA, ISS partners quietly completing design of possible Moon-orbiting space station,” The Planetary Society, 09 03 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2017/20170309-nasa-iss-partners-cislunar-station.html...

    • Japan
    • Low Earth Orbit
    • luna rovers
    • Moon
    • Space Robotics lab
    • Tohoku University
    Authors: David Rodríguez-Martínez     Dr Kazuya Yoshida    
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