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Falcon Heavy

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.

Falcon Heavy

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.

News Headlines

  • Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
    June 3, 2026
  • Blue Origin vows to resume New Glenn flights by year’s end
    June 3, 2026
  • Poor weather forces launch scrub of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    June 3, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 50th Starlink mission of 2026
    May 30, 2026
  • ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    May 29, 2026
  • Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during prelaunch testing at Cape Canaveral
    May 29, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    May 29, 2026
  • FAA requires SpaceX-led mishap investigation before resumption of Starship launches
    May 27, 2026
  • NASA outlines nearly $1 billion investment into initial Moon Base missions
    May 27, 2026
  • Preview: NASA updates progress towards established a Moon Base, Artemis 3 mission
    May 26, 2026
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