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Glenn Lightsey

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Professor of Space Systems Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology

This close-up illustration shows what one of the twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will look like conducting its science operations. James Rattray/Rocket Lab USA/Goddard Space Flight Center

November 13, 2025

NASA goes on an ESCAPADE – twin small, low‑cost orbiters will examine Mars’ atmosphere

Christopher Carr, Georgia Institute of Technology and Glenn Lightsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

The twin spacecraft Blue and Gold could open a new era in space exploration and planetary science, powered by commercial partnerships and innovations.

The Moon is about one-fourth the size of Earth. Jackal Pan/Moment via Getty Images

August 5, 2024

How can there be ice on the Moon?

Thomas Orlando, Georgia Institute of Technology; Frances Rivera-Hernández, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Glenn Lightsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

It’s a fundamental requirement for life on Earth. But how does water exist on such a forbidding world as the Moon?

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