But that doesn't mean the company's New Shepard rocket is ready to start flying again.
The vehicle's capsule engaged its emergency escape system and ended up landing softly under parachutes on the desert floor. The 36 research payloads that launched on the mission were unharmed, and the mishap caused no injuries or property damage, Blue Origin representatives said.Photos of Blue Origin's Launch Site 1 in West Texas; at right is a fragment of a New Shepard engine nozzle recovered after the NS-23 in-flight anomaly.
The company soon initiated a mishap investigation, which it conducted with oversight from the FAA and input from the National Transportation Safety Board and NASA's Flight Opportunities Program and Commercial Crew Office.— calling attention to the"thermo-structural failure" of the nozzle on the BE-3PM engine that powers New Shepard's first stage."The final report cites the proximate cause of the Sept.
"Blue Origin must implement all corrective actions that impact public safety and receive a license modification from the FAA that addresses all safety and other applicable regulatory requirements prior to the next New Shepard launch," they added.
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