LightSail 2 Just Deployed Its Sails in Space, And It’s a Glorious Moment For Science

LightSail 2 has successfully deployed its solar sails. Shortly after 12:00 pm PST (19:00 UTC) The Planetary Society tweeted that the sails were deployed, and that the spacecraft was sailing with sunlight.
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