The Planetary Society is a large, publicly supported, non-government and not-for-profit organization that has many research projects related to astronomy. It was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman, and has members from 125 countries around the world. The society's mission is "To inspire and involve the world's public in space exploration through advocacy, projects, and education."
The Society is dedicated to the exploration of Mars and the rest of the Solar System, the search for Near Earth Objects, and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Planetary Society founders
The Society launched the Cosmos 1 craft in June 2005 to test the feasibility of Solar sailing, but the satellite's launch rocket failed shortly after liftoff. It is now raising seed funding for the next solar sail spacecraft.
Members
The Planetary Society's current Board of Directors includes the following:
Notable members of its Advisory Council include:
Projects
The Planetary Society sponsors projects to seed further exploration. Members privately fund these projects:
The Planetary Report
The Planetary Report is the bimonthly internationally recognized flagship magazine of The Planetary Society, featuring lively articles and full-color photos to provide comprehensive coverage of discoveries on Earth and other planets.
This bimonthly magazine reaches over 100,000 members of The Planetary Society all over the world, with news about planetary missions, spacefaring nations, intrepid explorers, planetary science controversies and the latest findings in humankind's exploration of the solar system.
Members of The Planetary Society also host a weekly 30 minute radio programme and podcast.
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