Tag: Planetary Society

  • Citizen-funded CubeSat ready to go solar sailing

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    Credit: Josh Spradling / The Planetary Society A shoebox-sized satellite conceived and funded by members of the Planetary Society, an advocacy organization co-founded by Carl Sagan, is fastened to an Atlas 5 rocket for launch Wednesday to test one of the late celebrity-astronomer’s futuristic concepts for exploring the cosmos. Sagan and other proponents of solar…