Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident
"The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines."
3 sourcesHeat 2.3Updated Aug 6
Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident
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Blue Origin has identified the root cause of its New Glenn rocket's catastrophic failure as a faulty oxygen valve in one of the first-stage BE-4 engines. The company is making modifications to address the issue and plans to rebuild its launch pad and fly again this year.
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Blue Origin traces origin of huge New Glenn rocket explosion to oxygen valve, CEO says
Blue Origin has made considerable progress in its New Glenn anomaly investigation, tracing the problem to a faulty valve in one of the rocket's first-stage engines.
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