Over the weekend , the LightSail satellite unroll its gigantic solar sail to avail incite it through outer space . Now , the first image to be beam back from the satellite evidence that it ’s really up and running .
The satellite , funded by The Planetary Society to try out the proficient and economic benefit of solar canvass , was earlier championed by Caral Sagan and , more recently , Bill Nye . When it first found itself in space , a software glitch blockade communicating between it and Earth . But as of Saturday , organize wereable to make striking and deploy the solar sail , demonstrate proof-0f - concept of low - budget space travel . Now , we bang they were really successful . A full mission in contrive for next class . [ The Planetary SocietyviaEngadget ]
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