Posts: 44739 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-01-2016 05:05 PM
From Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos (via Twitter):
Working to fly again tomorrow. Same vehicle. Third time.
Pushing the envelope. Restarting BE-3 [engine] fast at high thrust, just 3600 feet from ground. Impact in six seconds if engine doesn't restart and ramp fast.
Also, a new more efficient RCS algorithm on the crew capsule. Big performance win if it works.
We'll have drone cameras in the air and hopefully will get good aerial footage to share.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 44739 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-01-2016 09:12 PM
From Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos (via Twitter):
Two university microgravity experiments on tomorrow's Blue Origin flight.
A Southwest Research Institute experiment designed to better understand the rocky soil on small near-Earth asteroids. Principal Investigator: Dr. Dan Durda.
A University of Central Florida experiment designed to mimic impacts between objects in microgravity. Principal Investigator: Dr. Joshua Colwell.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 44739 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-02-2016 09:39 AM
From Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos (via Twitter):
Readying Crew Capsule for flight. Clear skies in Texas. Tracking for morning launch.
Crew Capsule is locked and ready for flight. Tortoises mark successful CC missions.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 44739 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-02-2016 10:28 AM
From Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos (via Twitter):
Liftoff and New Shepard is climbing to apogee.
Flawless BE-3 restart and perfect booster landing. CC chutes deployed.
CC touchdown confirmed. [CC is Crew Capsule.]
We'll share mission video including aerial as soon as we’re able to get it processed.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 44739 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-02-2016 11:40 PM
Blue Origin photo release
The reusable New Shepard space vehicle ascends through clear skies to an apogee of 339,138 feet.
BE-3 restarted at 3,635 feet above ground level and ramped fast for a successful landing.
Precise thrust vector control and deep throttling enable pinpoint booster landing.
Members of the Blue Origin team recover the Crew Capsule after its fifth successful flight and soft landing.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 44739 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-03-2016 05:36 PM
Blue Origin video
New Shepard flew again on April 2, 2016 reaching an apogee of 339,178 feet or 103 kilometers. It was the third flight with the same hardware. We pushed the envelope on this flight, restarting the engine for the propulsive landing only 3,600 feet above the ground, requiring the BE-3 engine to start fast and ramp to high thrust fast.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 44739 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-09-2016 11:45 PM
Blue Origin video
Video from our New Shepard flight on April 2, 2016 showing flight of the booster from just ahead of reentry through descent and landing. Video is from the GH2 vent camera located just below the booster's ring fin.
posted 04-01-2016 05:05 PM
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