Azaroaren 16an #LightSail2 espaziontzia, #Lurra-ren atmosferan erre egin zen bere 3,5 urteko misioa osatuz. Belak, eguzkitik etorritako fotoiak harrapatzen zituen, haize bela batek mugimenduan dauden aire molekulak harrapatzen dituen bezala, espaziontzia bultzatuz.

#Espazioa

The Planetary Society's #LightSail2 spacecraft reentered the atmosphere ending a nearly 3.5 year mission to demonstrate the viability of using a solar sail

Funded by members of the non-profit and run by the #PlanetarySociety the mission started operations twice as far out as the International Space Station, used the #SolarSail for propulsion and made 8,000 orbits

https://www.planetary.org/articles/lightsail-2-completes-mission?utm_campaign=lightsail22&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reentry&s_src=lightsail22&s_subsrc=reentry

It also took lots of pictures of our #PaleBlueDot

https://www.planetary.org/space-images?imgkeywords=lightsail-2-image-from-space

#space

LightSail 2: Von Sonnensegel angetriebener Experimentalsatellit ist verglüht

Nur durch den Druck der Sonnenteilchen hat LightSail 2 seinen Orbit verändert. Auch wegen der zunehmenden Sonnenaktivität ist die Mission jetzt doch zu Ende.

https://www.heise.de/news/LightSail-2-Von-Sonnensegel-angetriebener-Experimentalsatellit-ist-verglueht-7347472.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.-.-

#LightSail2 #Sonnensegel #Raumfahrt

The #LightSail2 spacecraft will ride on sunshine no more.

LightSail 2 was the first small spacecraft to demonstrate controlled solar sailing, harnessing photons from the sun to adjust its orbit.

https://www.space.com/lightsail-2-solar-sailing-mission-ends

IT's official #lightsail2 has burned up after an inspiring and very successful nearly three-and-a-half years mission demontrating solar sailing. Here's an overview plus some pictures of this project funded by tens of thousands of Planetary Society members and backers. https://www.planetary.org/articles/lightsail-2-completes-mission

#lightsail2
Image The Planetary Society (CC BY-NC 3.0)

Pretty cool that a spacecraft I backed on Kickstarter like 8 years ago is about to complete its wildly successful mission orbiting the Earth with a #SolarSail.

#Lightsail2

https://www.planetary.org/articles/lightsail-2-is-about-to-burn-up

#170: @annamiekemusic, #LightSail2 flies, super tiny icons, #OpenXR, Every Noise At Once, responsible flight decisions, Another Life and @richarddawson12's Jogging!

https://www.foundthisweek.com/editions/170

#technews #spacenews #music #dataviz #ClimateCrisis