Tag: AF-M315E
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NASA satellite set to conclude successful green propellant demo mission
Artist’s concept of the Green Propellant Infusion Mission, or GPIM, satellite in orbit. Credit: NASA 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…
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NASA technology experiments hitching a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Falcon Heavy successfully launched on the STP-2 mission at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) on Tuesday, June 25. The Green Propellant Infusion Mission spacecraft inside the Falcon Heavy payload fairing. Credit: SpaceX NASA is sending into orbit Monday night a spacecraft to test a safer type of rocket fuel, an ultra-precise atomic clock…