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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| 2012 Dec 17 |
NASA
NASA's GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named for Astronaut Sally Ride
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| 2012 Dec 14 |
SciTech Daily
NASA Probes Ebb & Flow Set for Mission-Ending Moon Impact |
| 2012 Oct 17 |
Google Zeitgeist Americas Forum / YouTube
GRAIL PI maria Zuber Summarizes the MoonKAM Effort
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| 2012 Sep 07 |
MoonKAM Website for GRAIL Project
Featured MoonKAM Images Taken During Primary Mission |
| 2012 Aug 31 |
NASA
NASA's GRAIL Moon Twins Begin Extended Mission Science |
| 2012 Aug 11 |
MoonandBack.com
NASA Partner Ecliptic 'Gets the Shot' |
| 2012 Jul 30 |
Altius Space Machines
Altius Space Machines Signs Contract for the DARPA Phoenix Technologies Program |
| 2012 Jun 28 |
NASA Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office
One Step Closer to Robotic Refueling Demonstrations on Space Station |
| 2012 Jun 21 |
NASA
ISS Update: Robotic Refueling Mission
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| 2012 May 31 |
NASA
Students Nationwide To Exhibit NASA Spacecraft Lunar Images |