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For the Benefit of Earth
Kent, WAhoo.be/blueoriginJoined January 2011

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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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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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Congratulations to our partner on achieving this milestone.
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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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Splashdown. After traveling 1.4 million miles through space, orbiting the Moon, and collecting data that will prepare us to send astronauts on future #Artemis missions, the @NASA_Orion spacecraft is home.
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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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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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Team Blue applauds ’s launch of #Artemis I, bringing America closer to returning to the Moon, this time to stay.
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We are going. For the first time, the @NASA_SLS rocket and @NASA_Orion fly together. #Artemis I begins a new chapter in human lunar exploration.
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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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"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.” 2/3
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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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