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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Sail on! Bill Nye and others celebrate LightSail 2’s three years in space

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Technology, Science

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Celebrate the third anniversary of LightSail 2’s launch with Bill Nye and other leaders of The Planetary Society.

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Sail on. Bill Nye and others celebrate Light Sail 2's third anniversary in space.

0:06.2

This week on Planetary Radio.

0:13.5

Welcome. I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure

0:18.9

across our solar system and beyond. Is Light Sail 2 over your head right now?

0:25.8

It's possible, so long as you're not too far north or south. No one thought the Planetary

0:31.1

Society's little CubeSat with the shimmering sail would still be around over a thousand days after

0:37.8

it rode into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Booster. And yet, there it is, still sending back

0:44.5

gorgeous images of our world and teaching us how to sail around our planet on the light of the sun.

0:51.0

We'll celebrate with Society CEO Bill Nye, Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Vaughn,

0:56.9

and Light Sail Program Manager Bruce Betz. Of course, Bruce will also return for what's up with

1:02.6

a prize that is near and dear. We'll also hear from Digital Community Manager Sarah Al Ahmed.

1:09.4

Sarah is just back from the meeting of the American Astronomical Society,

1:13.8

and Editorial Director Ray Poletta will give us a preview of the June Solstice issue of the

1:19.2

Planetary Report, the Society's magazine that you can read for free at planetary.org.

1:26.8

There's much more for you on our website, including Jatann Metis,

1:30.6

brand new article about how planets get rings. And Bruce has an update on our shoemaker near Earth

1:36.7

object grant winners, while Casey Dreyer showcases the letter we've written to the U.S. Congress,

1:42.5

in partnership with our friends at the National Space Society. It makes our case for full funding

1:48.3

of NASA's near Earth object or neo-surveyor mission, the infrared space telescope that will be

1:54.6

able to discover and characterize many more of those space rocks that cross our path.

2:00.9

The June 17 edition of the downlink, our weekly newsletter, features a captivating image

2:06.6

of an alien object on the surface of Mars. Alien, if you're a Martian, that is. The artifact from

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