{"id":1212943,"date":"2023-12-17T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T19:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212943"},"modified":"2023-12-17T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T19:17:11","slug":"blue-origins-new-shepard-rocket-will-return-to-flight-tomorrow-after-over-a-year-grounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212943","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard rocket will return to flight tomorrow after over a year grounded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, has finally set a date for its New Shepard rocket\u2019s first flight in more than a year, after a failure last September<\/a> left it grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The company is targeting Monday, December 18 for liftoff from its West Texas facility. The launch window opens at 9:30AM ET.<\/p>\n

New Shepard won\u2019t be carrying a crew for this flight, but will have science and research payloads on board, plus 38,000 student postcards stamped \u201cFlown to Space!\u201d from the Club for the Future<\/a> program. It\u2019ll be livestreamed on Blue Origin\u2019s website<\/a> starting 20 minutes before takeoff.<\/p>\n

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Blue Origin\u2019s reusable suborbital rocket has completed both crewed and payload missions in its past, including a flight with Bezos on board<\/a> in 2021 that kicked off its entry into human spaceflight. Six of its 24 flights have had humans on board its crew capsule. On September 12, 2022, an uncrewed New Shepard experienced a failure after takeoff and crashed back to the ground. Before doing so, though, it was able to abort the capsule, which separated and made a safe parachute landing.<\/p>\n

The FAA conducted an investigation into the incident and gave Blue Origin 21 corrective actions to complete before it could fly again. The cause of the issue was found to be the failure of an engine nozzle that overheated. The FAA closed its investigation at the end of September this year.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/blue-origins-new-shepard-rocket-will-return-to-flight-tomorrow-after-over-a-year-grounded-191711814.html?src=rss
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