Because, yeah, I may just be a tiny bit solar sail obsessed right now.
The Planetary Society has declared the LightSail 2 mission a success as the spacecraft successfully changed orbital altitude on the power of sail alone.
The next step from this is to try and go somewhere. My guess would be an earth-moon orbital transfer.
They will continue to work with the spacecraft for the next month, after which it will be allowed to deorbit.
This is the first time a spaceship has increased orbital altitude by sail power alone.
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