RECENT NEWS
2018 Sep 26
A good summary of the historical context for the LightSail program2018 Aug 14
Ecliptic designed and produced ASTERIA's core imaging focal plane electronics circuit board and related software/firmware. This is the second such award for a project involving Ecliptic, the first being the LightSail-1 mission for 2015 (see http://www.planetary.org/press-room/releases/2015/lightsail-mission-of-the-year.html).2018 Aug 10
Ecliptic designed and produced ASTERIA's core imaging focal plane electronics circuit board and related software/firmware2018 Aug 08
A summary of the final Operational Readiness Test for LightSail 2
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Nov 1
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Spacecraft separation sequencers (launched on Falcon 9 payload module)
Spaceflight SSO-A (earliest launch date) - Nov 17
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #10 (NG-10, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Feb 15
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3U CubeSat integrated with Prox 1 (launched on Falcon Heavy / STP-2 mission)
LightSail-2 solar sailing demo (approx. date) - Mar 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #11 (NG-11, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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Ecliptic Projects in the Media
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| Date | Headline |
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| 2009 Dec 16 |
NASA
LCROSS: What Happened on Impact Night? |
| 2009 Dec 14 |
NASA Spaceflight
ULA Delta II Successfully Launches With WISE |
| 2009 Nov 18 |
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Water Discovered in Moon Shadow |
| 2009 Nov 13 |
Spaceflight Now
Scientists Confirm Abundant Water In Lunar Crater |
| 2009 Nov 13 |
NASA
LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon |
| 2009 Oct 17 |
Los Angeles Times
NASA Moon Crash Did Kick Up Debris Plume As Hoped |
| 2009 Oct 17 |
NASA Ames
NASA'S LCROSS Captures All Phases of Centaur Impact |
| 2009 Oct 10 |
Astronomy Picture of the Day
LCROSS Centaur Impact Flash |
| 2009 Oct 09 |
AP
NASA Probe Hits Moon South Pole Looking for Water
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| 2009 Oct 09 |
New York Times
A Collision Course to Test for Water on the Moon
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