LightSail Solar Sail Ends Test Flight with Fall Back to Earth

Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

The Planetary Society’s impressive solar sail experiment has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. Following its deployment in Earth orbit on May 20, LightSail-A deployed its solar sail on June 7.

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