"Years of computer simulations. Countless ground tests. They've all led up to now. " That's how the Planetary Society let the world know that their LightSail 2 solar sailing mission has been officially announced a success. RELATED: LIGHT SAIL 2: FIRST IMAGES RELEASED FROM FULLY DEPLOYED SOLAR SAIL Light flight LightSail 2, the spacecraft the Planetary Society sent up to space approximately a month ago recently unfurled a light-catching sail and has been "raising its orbit solely on the power of sunlight
