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OUT OF THIS WORLD 🚀 Today, celebrated the grand opening of a new Phoenix office to support the company’s sustainable space travel programs. The new office will support hundreds of jobs.
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The regen nozzle room in our Huntsville engines factory.
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Pictured here are nickel-based super alloy jackets that get vacuum-brazed onto the BE-7 slotted copper liner to complete the regen nozzle. The cone shape is hydraulically formed into the final nozzle contour using the tooling shown.
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Pictured here are additively manufactured single piece BE-7 injectors where hydrogen and oxygen are injected into the main combustion chamber. Export restrictions constrain us from showing the business end of the injector.
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First and second stage fuel turbopump impellers for the BE-7 engine shown before final machining. Each BE-7 hydrogen pump uses two of these shrouded titanium impellers.
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Blue Moon’s thrusters, fuel cell, and BE-7 main engine all use hydrogen and oxygen supplied from the primary flight tanks, creating a highly efficient integrated power and propulsion system. Shown is the fuel cell assembly being readied for vacuum chamber testing.
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Each thruster is hotfire tested in our vacuum chamber shown in this infrared image.
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Shown before final machining, these are Blue Moon lander RCS flight thrusters. These thrusters use gaseous hydrogen and oxygen for high performance.
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LIDAR-based navigation isn’t limited by available illumination, which enables precision lunar landing under any lighting conditions anywhere on the Moon.
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In partnership with NASA, using New Shepard and multiple aircraft, we’re testing our hazard detection and LIDAR Terrain Relative Navigation systems.
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Our lunar terrain field simulates the surface conditions on the Moon. Sensors identify terrain variations for autonomous hazard detection and avoidance.
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This was a self-funded test as part of our campaign to advance our lunar capabilities, and we’re grateful for our partners.
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Last week, our BE-7 team conducted another successful Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) test at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Test Stand 116. Our tests on an upgraded TCA bring our cumulative test time to more than 4000 seconds, and we are on track in our engine development path.
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Blue Origin NS-23 findings:
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🛰 A mission to Mars in now part of NASA’s VADR contract!
will launch ESCAPADE, the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, in late 2024. 🚀
ESCAPADE will use two identical small spacecraft to study the Martian magnetosphere! bit.ly/3jHjKvn
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We’re honored to have been selected by to launch the ESCAPADE science mission on #NewGlenn. With ESCAPADE, NASA will study Mars’ magnetosphere. Learn more: bit.ly/40CFJUV
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Tune in as I award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
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Congratulations , 2023 winner of the Commercial Space Business and Finance Award for his outstanding contributions towards enabling commercial access to space. Learn more at cstconference.space
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Last one. #VulcanRocket Booster has boarded the ULA Cruise Line's URS #RocketShip for his trip to the Cape. I'll admit that our buffet line is not quite 5 star, but the staterooms are first class all the way (if you're a rocket, that is) #ToryTimelapse #CountdownToVulcan
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Congratulations on the successful completion of #Artemis I with today’s splashdown of the spacecraft – another milestone establishing a sustained U.S. presence on the Moon.
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.'s #YearInSearch video recently featured Katya Echazarreta's NS-21 flight journey to remind us all to reimagine the world around us.
As the first Mexican-born woman in space, we're proud that Katya and her mission inspired so many to see that anything is possible.
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“This experience matters so much because we’ve been able to touch so many lives just by living out our dreams.” - Katya Echazarreta, NS-21 Astronaut
In 2022, people around the world searched on Google, "can I change" - energized by individuals who pursued their passions.
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The National Team has submitted its proposal for NASA’s SLD program to help the US establish a sustained lunar presence. The National Team partners are , , , , , and @Honeybee_Ltd.
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This holiday season, celebrate the future of life in space with a gift from the Blue Origin Shop. Check out our latest eco-conscious products, cold-weather accessories, and more to inspire your family and friends for the benefit of Earth: shop.blueorigin.com
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We are thankful for Team Blue and their dedication to building the road to space for the benefit of Earth.
Join us: bit.ly/3rUFZyR
#careers #TeamBlue
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Blue Origin is proud to partner with on our journey to become a fully certified National Security Space Launch provider.
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#SpaceSystemsCommand’s Assured Access to Space directorate signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement today, paving the way for @BlueOrigin to compete for the next NSSL launch service competition and is an example of how we foster innovation! ssc.spaceforce.mil/Portals/3/Docu
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On #VeteransDay, we honor all veterans, including the many women and men at Blue who have served our country. Meet retired USAF MSgt Carmen L. De Leon-Acosta, a manufacturing operations assembly senior manager. Learn about her journey from the military into the space industry.
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#OTD in 2021, Kent Mayor Dana Ralph declared November 10 "Audrey Powers Day" in recognition of her historic flight.
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"Seeing the fragile beauty of Earth from space was a hard thing to process. It was like nothing I had ever seen. I think about my flight and that view every day, and it inspires me to do everything I can to protect our planet.”
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“I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to see the Earth from space, and I wish everyone could share in that experience." - , Vice President of #NewShepard Mission and Flight Operations, and our first employee astronaut.
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Follow Opportunity’s journey to Mars in a new feature film now in theaters. youtu.be/W4t58Yruhds
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Steve Squyres was the principal investigator for the historic Mars Exploration Rover Mission. In a special featurette, Steve shares more about the historic missions of twin rovers Opportunity and Spirit, and why we must go to space for the benefit of Earth.
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“My fondest hope during the Opportunity project was that kids would say, ‘That’s really cool, but I bet I can do better.’” —Steve Squyres, Chief Scientist, Blue Origin.
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