Blue Origin is expected to complete the rocket launch accident investigation in December and will not launch any more rockets before 2023.
CTOnews.com, Nov. 10-Blue Origin (Blue Origin) is expected to complete its investigation into the latest accident next month, but will not launch any more rockets until 2023, Bloomberg reported. The company is a space launch vehicle start-up founded by Amazon founder Jeff Jeff Bezos.
Audrey Powers, vice president of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket mission, told attendees at a conference in Washington on Wednesday that the technical assessment of the September accident would be completed in December and would not be launched again until next year.
A spokesman for Blue Origin confirmed this in an email statement. CTOnews.com learned that in September this year, the blue-origin New Shepard carrier rocket carried out an unmanned mission. This is the 23rd mission of blue origin.
About a minute after the rocket lifted off, the engine of the New Shepard booster caught fire unexpectedly during ascent. The cargo ship aborted launch engine system activated and the ship returned to the ground by parachute.