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Continuous sunlight is scarce on the Moon unless you know where to look. 🌑 The lunar poles contain "peaks of eternal light," areas bathed in near-continuous sunlight. Power Tower mounts on Blue Moon MK1's top deck and extends solar arrays to 26 meters total height to capture that energy and deliver sustained power for Moon Base operations. Check out this video of Power Tower during a successful deployment in an analog lunar environment. The infrastructure era of lunar exploration starts now.
Blue Origin600,081 görüntüleme • 27 gün önce
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Our thrusters team just wrapped another successful hotfire test campaign for BT-7, a fully Blue Origin-developed thruster, from valves to thrust chamber, capable of pulsed and long-duration operation for vehicle attitude control and orbital maneuvering. These latest tests advanced performance across 80lbf & 120lbf configurations, as BT-7 matures into our first in-house hypergolic bipropellant thruster, with applications on the Artemis III mission and future lunar vehicles.
Blue Origin116,306 görüntüleme • 11 gün önce
Across our facilities, the American flag is more than a symbol on the wall; it’s a reminder that what we’re building is part of America’s history and future. We're proud to support American leadership in space, honor 250 years of the American pioneering spirit, and be part of the legacy.
Blue Origin74,120 görüntüleme • 15 gün önce
We've built a full-scale deployable aerobrake unit showcasing technology that uses planetary atmospheres to slow spacecraft, saving significant mass and cost and enabling heavy cargo delivery from the Moon, to Mars, and point-to-point missions on Earth. Lighter and larger than conventional aeroshells, it deploys in space and stows for launch, making it easily configurable to many different vehicles.
Blue Origin1,245,871 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
Welcome back to LC-36, "Never Tell Me The Odds." Next up: NG-3 hotfire 🔥
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Coming soon... Blue’s Chief Scientist Steve Squyres joins the Ascending Node podcast to discuss Blue Ring, the spacecraft that's redefining what's possible for in-space mobility. All-in-one hybrid propulsion, unmatched versatility, and mission-changing innovation.
Blue Origin85,879 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
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Demonstrating VIPER's path from lander to lunar surface 🌕 We completed a critical demonstration of our offloader mechanism, using rotating arms and cables to safely lower a VIPER mass simulator from the top of Blue Moon MK1's forward module to the lunar surface. Key achievements included: ✅ Full deployment sequence with davit arms under load ✅ Winch cable system maintaining robust control throughout the full lowering sequence ✅ Performance across roll and pitch slopes up to 10° ✅ Clearances and mechanical interfaces Next up: critical design review and further development testing.
Blue Origin102,103 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
Here's an inside look at one of the many tests we conducted during Endurance's thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC) testing — the first-ever deployment of its high-gain antenna in the demanding temperature- and vacuum-environment of space. This antenna system will provide high-rate telemetry and video during flight and from the Moon's South Pole. Thank you to the team at NASA_Johnson and throughout NASA for the collaboration during these tests. Endurance is now arriving to the Space Coast!
Blue Origin123,470 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
Blue Origin Chief Scientist Steve Squyres, discusses how the versatile Blue Ring spacecraft can support the search for organic and metallic materials on asteroids within our solar system. Just part of the conversation you’ll hear on the latest episode of Ascending Node, out now wherever you get your podcasts! Watch the second episode:
Blue Origin36,808 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
