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Software Glitch Pauses LightSail Test Mission

Posted: 26 May 2015 02:35 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...s-ls-test.html

The Planetary Society’s LightSail test mission has been paused while
engineers wait out a suspected software glitch that has silenced the solar
sailing spacecraft.

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Here Are the Science Instruments NASA Will Use to Explore Europa

Posted: 26 May 2015 11:01 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey...struments.html

NASA just announced the science instruments that will be used to understand
the enigmatic ocean moon of Europa. The mission is planned to launch
sometime in the early 2020s.