Solar Sailing Away
Last month, The Planetary Society launched the LightSail 2 spacecraft into orbit. Last week, the spacecraft’s solar sails were unfurled! 4 triangular sails make one large 340-square-foot sail, which reflects photons from the sun. That’s enough to propel the sail, since there’s no resistance in space. Now it can sail around, sending us cool photographs!
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