6 In recent months, Blue Origin has been busy realizing many of its projects as the target dates approach. The new Glenn is getting closer to launch, facilities are being expanded, BE-4 engines have been delivered to ULA, and the New Shepard has returned to crewed flights.New Glenn As the September launch of NASA’s EscaPADE … Read more
Blue Origin, the company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has launched an investigation following an incident during the first manned flight in two years in which one of the New Shepard capsule’s parachutes failed to fully inflate. William Shatner on Jeff Bezos The companies New Shepard rocket launched May 19 taking a crew of … Read more
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – A parachute failed to fully inflate during Blue Origin New Shepard’s final suborbital flight because a line controlling its deployment was not cut as planned. One of the three New Shepard crew capsule parachutes failed to fully inflate during the capsule’s descent during the NS-25 mission on May 19. The … Read more