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June 01, 2015

LightSail reestablishes communication with mission control
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 1, 2015
More than a week after it went silent, its software having crashed, the LightSail is communicating once again with mission controllers. "Our LightSail called home! It's alive!" Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society, the group responsible for the mission, said in a press release. "Our LightSail spacecraft has rebooted itself, just as our engineers predicted. Everyone is delighted. We were ready for three more weeks of anxiety." The craft stopped talking to ground controllers more than a ... read more

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