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    Ready to Sail! LightSail 2 Deploys its Silvery Wings

    Ready to Sail! LightSail 2 Deploys its Silvery Wings

    FromPlanetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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    Ready to Sail! LightSail 2 Deploys its Silvery Wings

    FromPlanetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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    Length:
    39 minutes
    Released:
    Jul 24, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Join us as the little cubesat successfully unfurls its solar sail. You’ll hear from members of the LightSail 2 mission team on the morning of July 23, 2019, when the critical command was sent to the spacecraft.  Then we’ll congratulate Kris Zacny of Honeybee Robotics on the selection by NASA of the radically-simple PlanetVac sample collection system for a trip to the Moon. Learn more about both of this week’s topics at:  http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0724-2019-lightsail2-deployment-kris-zacny-planetvac.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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    Released:
    Jul 24, 2019
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    Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our solar system and beyond. We visit each week with the scientists, engineers, leaders, advocates and astronauts who are taking us across the final frontier. Regular features raise your space IQ while they put a smile on your face. Join host Mat Kaplan and Planetary Society colleagues including Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bruce Betts, and Emily Lakdawalla as they dive deep into the latest space news. The monthly Space Policy Edition takes you inside the DC beltway where the future of the US space program hangs in the balance. Visit planetary.org/radio for the space trivia contest, an episode guide, and much more.