After ten months in space, the LightSail 2 spacecraft reached its interim target, as it took a series of exciting images of our planet as it orbited
After ten months in space, the LightSail 2 spacecraft reached its interim target, as it took a series of exciting images of our planet as it orbited around the Earth.
The Planetary Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and exploring space science, has published these photos on its official website.
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According to the ScienceAlert website, the spacecraft has cameras to verify solar cells, but while doing so, some high-resolution images of the Earth were taken.
One of the photos taken last July shows a part of Central America, including Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula.
In last January, the Planetary Society released a research study showing the results of the mission that went out into space.
The spacecraft is expected to fall to Earth within a year of the launch.
It is noteworthy that “LightSail 2″ was launched on June 25, 2019, and it is the first spacecraft to travel using sunlight only.