AF-M315E – Spaceflight Now

March 23, 2023

Breaking News

[ March 22, 2023 ] Relativity’s 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket reaches space, but falls short of orbit Mission Reports
[ March 22, 2023 ] Penultimate Delta rocket to launch next month on ULA’s first mission of 2023 Delta 4
[ March 21, 2023 ] Good weather expected for Relativity Space’s late-night launch attempt Mission Reports
[ March 21, 2023 ] Webb telescope sees the prelude to a supernova Mission Reports
[ March 20, 2023 ] Virgin Orbit pauses operations amid financial troubles Mission Reports

NASA satellite set to conclude successful green propellant demo mission

August 17, 2020 Stephen Clark

A NASA-funded satellite that launched last year on the third flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket has begun a sequence of thruster firings to begin falling out of orbit after successfully demonstrating the effectiveness of a non-toxic fuel that could fly on future space missions.

NASA technology experiments hitching a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket

June 24, 2019 Stephen Clark

NASA is sending into orbit Monday night a spacecraft to test a safer type of rocket fuel, an ultra-precise atomic clock that could change the way missions navigate in deep space, and an experiment to examine the resiliency of electronics to radiation.