Blue Origin returned to its West Texas testing grounds on Sunday for the eighth flight of its reusable New Shepard launch system – reaching new heights in a test designed to expand the vehicle’s operational envelope
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Blue Origin, after a 14-month hiatus, has resumed test flights of the company’s New Shepard sub-orbital launch system on Tuesday – debuting a new Propulsion Module and Crew Capsule 2.0, featuring large panoramic windows and upgrades for rapid re-usability for tourist and science missions to the edge of space.
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Blue Origin said Sunday that a set of powerpack hardware for the company’s BE-4 engine was lost as the result of a ground testing mishap, though no further information on any impacts on the planned BE-4 development program were clear at that point.
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Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced new details about the company’s upcoming New Glenn Launch Vehicle on Tuesday, speaking at the Satellite 2017 conference in Washington D.C.
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It was a dramatic day at Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site where on Wednesday the company’s New Shepard sub-orbital launch vehicle conducted a fiery in-flight abort test to demonstrate a crew could safely escape from a failing booster.
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Blue Origin plans to conduct a critical launch abort test with its suborbital New Shepard rocket on Wednesday to take the vehicle one step closer to beginning crewed test flights.
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard Sub-Orbital Launch Vehicle soared into the skies over West Texas on Sunday in the company’s fifth test flight of their reusable launch system, the fourth flight for this particular vehicle.
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable suborbital launch vehicle successfully flew to the edge of space again on Saturday and made a safe propulsive landing at its Texas launch site.
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