- The Planetary Society
Co-founded by Carl Sagan in 1980, The Planetary Society is a member-funded nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing space science and exploration through three core enterprises Explore Worlds Increase discoveries about the worlds of our Solar System and beyond
- About Us - The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society is global, independent, nonprofit organization that promotes the exploration of space through education, advocacy, and innovative…
- Explore Worlds - The Planetary Society
How The Planetary Society works to increase discoveries about the worlds of our Solar System and beyond
- Articles - The Planetary Society
The latest stories from The Planetary Society, featuring humanity's quest to explore worlds, find life, and defend Earth
- The Planetary Society’s role in real space missions
Throughout the 1990s, The Planetary Society began developing our own space-based experiments The first privately funded experiments to go to another planet were Planetary Society projects: a radiation-measuring device on NASA’s Pathfinder Mars mission and a microphone on the Mars Polar Lander
- NASAs disastrous 2026 budget proposal in… | The Planetary Society
NASA has four mission-focused science divisions: planetary science, Earth science, heliophysics, and astrophysics This proposal would slash each division, forcing premature terminations of active missions, massive cuts to fundamental scientific research, and the end of dozens of projects currently being designed and built
- The LightSail mission: From concept to reality - The Planetary Society
From Kepler’s celestial musings to LightSail 2’s triumphant flight, The Planetary Society’s solar sail story has been one of ambition, setbacks, and perseverance What began as a mission to the world’s most famous comet evolved into a crowdfunded spacecraft that soared gracefully around the world, carrying humanity a little closer to
- Planets and Other Worlds - The Planetary Society
Jupiter, our largest planet, teaches us how planetary systems evolve Its four planet-like moons make it a planetary system of its own Io, Jupiter’s chaotic volcano moon
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