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We're counting down the moments until Blue Origin's #NS26 Mission. Hear from Rob Ferl, Anna-Lisa Paul, & Jordan Callaham who are already in West Texas preparing for this historic University of Florida research experiment. More on the experiment 🔗 go.ufl.edu/ferl-blueorigin
Hello, mate. We recently completed our final major mate operation on #NewGlenn’s 188-foot first stage, merging the aft with the mid module.
The crew of #NS26. Welcome to Texas! 🤠
NS-26 is targeting liftoff from Launch Site One on Thursday, August 29. The launch window opens at 8:00 AM CDT / 13:00 UTC. Learn more about the symbolism embedded in the #NS26 mission patch: bit.ly/3ymB5Rk
BE-7 engines power our Blue Moon MK1 and MK2 lunar landers. Grateful to partner with Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, where we conduct BE-7 testing in a vacuum cell to simulate a space-like environment. Here’s the team after a successful full-duration test that included ignition.
🚀Calling space architects of all ages! Blue Origin’s New Glenn Builder Set has landed at the Blue Origin Shop. Pre-order now: https://bit.ly/3M3wKG7 #FortheBenefitofEarth
Coming soon to Rocket City - Our Blue Ring team is expanding manufacturing facilities in Huntsville! Stay tuned as our multi-mission space mobility platform gears up for groundbreaking missions #ForTheBenefitofEarth. Thanks to Representative Dale Strong and the local Huntsville community for visiting!
Port Canaveral spectators got a sneak peek of our recovery operations today as we demonstrated the process of transitioning New Glenn’s first stage from vertical to horizontal using our 200-foot-tall simulator. The operation validated our tooling and procedures for recovering our first stage from the landing vessel, bringing us another step closer to our first launch. 📷: John Kraus
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This is a video of our Reaction Control System thrusters firing. This system corrects New Glenn's orientation in zero-g and just before landing on our vessel at sea. Together, the thrusters and the forward fins I mentioned earlier are essential to the booster's reusability. Blue Origin
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This forward module validation test is interesting. Our four fins on New Glenn are about the size of a car—roughly 16 feet long at the base and sticking out 6.5 feet from the body of the rocket. They’re responsible for steering the rocket on ascent and descent. Most of the structure is aluminum, which is protected from reentry heating by a durable fabric thermal protection system we invented and refer to internally as ‘Comet.’ The aerodynamic forces pushing on the fin during flight are roughly equal to the weight of a 737 aircraft. Blue Origin