LightSail Takes Flight!

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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A giant SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off in the early hours of June 25th. One week later, the LightSail 2 solar sail was released to begin its epic mission. You’ll join the thrilling launch, meet LightSail team members and leaders of other missions, and get a solar sail update in this very special episode. You’ll also get the chance to win an ISS Above system in the What’s Up space trivia contest! Learn more about all of this week’s topics at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0703-2019-light-sail-2-launch.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Five, four, three, two, one. Yes, ignition.
0:09.0	Can you feel the light way over here?
0:12.0	Go, Licell! Light sale too takes flight this week on planetary radio.
0:28.6	Welcome I'm at Kaplan, of the Planetary Society, with more of the Human Adventure across our Solar System and beyond.
0:31.6	Wow! LightSail 2 is now flying free. More than 700
0:37.3	kilometers above our world. It is talking with the controllers who have
0:41.8	begun a week of tests and trials before our little
0:45.4	solar sale spreads its wings. We'll get a full report from LightSail program
0:50.4	manager Bruce Betts when we get to this week's What's Up segment.
0:54.0	First though, I'm going to do my best to draw you into the beginning of this long
0:59.6	anticipated mission. I was standing next to Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye when the mighty Falcon Heavy
1:08.3	lifted off at the Kennedy Space Center but the tale begins hours earlier.
1:14.0	Members of the Planetary Society Communications Team joined a hundred or so other journalists
1:20.0	under the blazing Space Coast Sun on the late morning of Monday June 24th.
1:25.7	We boarded buses with SpaceX guides and security personnel and headed toward the most historic
1:32.0	launch pad on earth.
1:33.6	Our digital editor and embedded light sale reporter
1:37.0	Jason Davis was there.
1:38.6	Jason, please tell people about this awesome location we're standing at.
1:44.0	We are inside the perimeter fence of 39A, Pat 39A,
1:48.6	where the Falcon Heavy rocket is already ready
1:51.0	for lunch tonight, and it's really cool. We're really close to it.
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