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Default Solar-powered LightSail spacecraft is ready for its second flight

When the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches this summer, it will carry the Planetary Society's Carl Sagan-inspired LightSail 2. You may remember LightSail as a crowdfunded, experimental "solar sail." The unique craft looks something like a giant kit...

https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/10/...-falcon-heavy/
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