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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 Origin603,460 views • 2 months ago
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 Origin1,298,011 views • 9 months ago
"Star Trek inspired me to do this." Rod Roddenberry has heard it from strangers, scientists, and engineers alike... people who found their calling because of a show his father created. But for Rod, it's more than nostalgia. It's proof of what great storytelling can do—make you see the world, and your place in it, from a completely different perspective. On this episode of Ascending Node, Rod shares those stories and what it means to carry that legacy forward. 🖖 New episode out now:
Blue Origin30,045 views • 6 days ago
🖖 Gene Roddenberry didn't just imagine the future for Star Trek; he worked with the science community to help make it believable. On the next episode of Ascending Node, his son Rod joins us to talk about that legacy, how he's carrying it forward, and how Star Trek's vision inspires real engineers to go build it. New episode coming soon! 🎙️:
Blue Origin46,577 views • 12 days ago
Welcome back to LC-36, "Never Tell Me The Odds." Next up: NG-3 hotfire 🔥
Blue Origin404,364 views • 4 months ago
Our team at Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, recently passed Critical Design Review for our lunar rover flying on a Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost mission to the Moon’s Gruithuisen Domes in 2028. This marks a major milestone on the path to flight build. Next up: our mobility and navigation test vehicle will continue putting miles on the lunar analog facility floor as we prepare for flight. Learn more about this lunar rover:
Blue Origin81,517 views • 1 month ago
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 Origin120,020 views • 1 month ago
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 Origin77,224 views • 2 months ago
In 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space — a legacy that lives on in the name New Shepard. Yesterday, his Volkswagen Beetle found a new home at Rocket Park. Thank you to Laura Shepard Churchley, Alan Shepard's daughter, for joining us to celebrate. We're honored to preserve this piece of history for Team Blue, guests, and future generations.
Blue Origin55,243 views • 1 month ago
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 Origin86,764 views • 2 months ago
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 Origin123,570 views • 4 months ago