Blue Origin resumes test flights of New Shepard suborbital vehicle
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2017, 11:08 AM ET (1608 GMT)
Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Tuesday, the first test flight in more than a year. The vehicle lifted off from the company's West Texas test site at 11:59 am EST, with the propulsion module making a powered landing and the crew capsule parachuting back to Earth, as planned. The company called the flight "a tremendous success" that tested both a new propulsion module and a "Crew Capsule 2.0" outfitted with large windows and carrying a payload of experiments. The company did not confirm the launch took place until about 11 hours after the flight.
Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Tuesday, the first test flight in more than a year. The vehicle lifted off from the company's West Texas test site at 11:59 am EST, with the propulsion module making a powered landing and the crew capsule parachuting back to Earth, as planned. The company called the flight "a tremendous success" that tested both a new propulsion module and a "Crew Capsule 2.0" outfitted with large windows and carrying a payload of experiments. The company did not confirm the launch took place until about 11 hours after the flight.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Senate seeks to add $10 billion to NASA human spaceflight programs
Posted: Sat, Jun 7 10:46 AM ET (1446 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Sunday, June 15
Starlink mind games in South Africa
MyBroadband — 12:10 am ET (0410 GMT) Amazon Project Kuiper satellite launch scheduled for Monday afternoon
WESH-TV Orlando — 12:08 am ET (0408 GMT) Study highlights need to manage the growth of space exploration
Radio New Zealand — 12:06 am ET (0406 GMT) A Nazi rebranded as a Space Race hero – but you probably knew that already
The Daily Telegraph — 12:02 am ET (0402 GMT) NASA Considers Axiom Launch Next Week Following Delay
Bloomberg News — 12:02 am ET (0402 GMT) |
