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Carl Sagan’s Dream of a Martian Microphone May Finally Be Real
Members of NASA’s Mars 2020 SuperCam team will soon make the case for recording the sounds of the Red Planet.
Amy Thompson
3.1.16
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We Talked to Bill Nye About the Solar Sail He’s Sending to Space
The former Science Guy believes LightSail 2 could lead to better space travel, debris cleanup, and solar weather monitoring.
Bryson Masse
3.1.16
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The LightSail Satellite Successfully Deployed Its Solar Sail
After a moment of radio silence, the Planetary Society’s test mission is back on track.
Emiko Jozuka
6.8.15

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The Planetary Society's Solar Sail Is Ready to Deploy in Low-Earth Orbit
Despite a near-fatal software bug.
Ben Richmond
6.2.15
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Bill Nye Talks About Canadian Oil and the Certainty of Climate Change
"The science of climate change is, by many reasonable estimates, more strongly proven than the connection between cigarettes and cancer."
Patrick McGuire
10.2.14