CBC:
A tiny spacecraft designed to sail by the power of the sun is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX rocket in 2016, a leading US space enthusiast said Wednesday.
The Planetary Society's LightSail, an unmanned satellite-like craft known as a solar sail, aims to reach orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in two years, said the group's leader Bill Nye.
The Planetary Society's impressive solar sail experiment has re-entered Earth's atmosphere, ending a successful test flight that sets the stage for an even more ambitious mission in 2016.
