{"id":17424,"date":"2022-02-01T23:13:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-successfully-tests-huge-nose-cone-for-new-glenn-rocket-at-nasa-glenn\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T23:13:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T15:13:30","slug":"blue-origin-successfully-tests-huge-nose-cone-for-new-glenn-rocket-at-nasa-glenn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-successfully-tests-huge-nose-cone-for-new-glenn-rocket-at-nasa-glenn\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin successfully tests huge nose cone for New Glenn rocket at NASA Glenn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full-width\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220201-fairing3-630x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-672913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220201-fairing3-630x403.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220201-fairing3-1260x807.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220201-fairing3-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220201-fairing3-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/220201-fairing3.jpg 1687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption>The fairing for Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn rocket sits inside a NASA vacuum chamber in Ohio. (Blue Origin via Twitter) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture is still months away from the first launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, but tests that were recently conducted at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center are boosting confidence that the rocket\u2019s cavernous nose cone, or fairing, will work as intended.<\/p>\n<p>In a video released today via Twitter and Instagram, Blue Origin touted the first jettison test of the 7-meter-wide (23-foot-wide) fairing at Glenn Research Center\u2019s Armstrong Test Facility Space Environments Complex in Ohio. The test was designed to ensure that the fairing would split apart cleanly to allow for payload deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The complex houses the world\u2019s largest vacuum chamber, measuring 100 feet in diameter and 122 feet in height. \u201cIt\u2019s the only place in the world that we can test out this fairing in an environment similar to what the rocket will be seeing in space,\u201d said Shawna Sherwood Ryan, a project manager and test conductor at Blue Origin.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin said the test \u201cvalidated acoustics, cleanliness and environments that payload customers are expecting.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1488520450871369741&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2022%2Fblue-origin-successfully-tests-the-gigantic-nose-cone-for-new-glenn-rocket-at-nasa-glenn%2F&amp;sessionId=052dab5f3980b0ec8de304f13b1595f7a5d4c3d4&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1488520450871369741\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782799927404174187=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Check out the first jettison test of #NewGlenn\u2019s massive 7M fairing which took place at @NASAglenn&#8217;s Armstrong Test Facility Space Environments Complex in Ohio. This test validated acoustics, cleanliness, and environments that payload customers are expecting. pic.twitter.com\/Z7hbagYDdD<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) February 1, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The current timeline calls for Blue Origin to launch its reusable New Glenn rocket from Florida for the first time late this year, but that depends on how the company hits its development milestones along the way. <\/p>\n<p>One key milestone has to do with the first-stage booster\u2019s BE-4 rocket engines: In December, Ars Technica reported that Blue Origin wouldn\u2019t be able to deliver BE-4 engines for United Launch Alliance\u2019s Vulcan rocket until the second quarter of 2022 at the earliest \u2014 which is months behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not the only hurdle ahead. Scott Henderson, Blue Origin\u2019s Florida site director, recently told Spectrum News 13 that his team was aiming for an integrated test and wet dress rehearsal in the third quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big things that we have remaining are to complete the first flight articles, payload fairings, which will house the satellites that we\u2019re launching,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd while the launch pad is done, now we have to marry up the booster with the launch pad and to check out all the propellant, high-pressure gas, hydraulic systems and all the command and control systems that are necessary to launch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fairing for Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn rocket sits inside a NASA vacuum chamber in Ohio. (Blue Origin via Twitter) Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture is still months away from the first launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket, but tests that were recently conducted at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center are boosting confidence that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[509,510],"class_list":["post-17424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-blue-origin","tag-new-glenn"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}