Niko Blanks

Recovery Ops Engineer @ Blue Origin🌎 : Analog Astronaut : Cancer Survivor : Space Nerd : Opinions are my own

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

The Blue Moon MK1 flight vehicle that will land near Shackleton crater. We’ll soon be doing fully integrated checkout tests. At over 26 feet tall (8 meters), it’s smaller than our MK2 human lander but larger than the historic Apollo lander.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

The Blue Ring team successfully integrated the flight vehicle's primary structure and internal harnessing with the core propulsion module. Next up: some additional checkout and integration, and then on to powering up the spacecraft!

Learn more about our highly maneuverable, multi-destination spacecraft: https://t.co/Vl7BW3dzsB

[The Daily Hopper @daily_hopper]

Welcome to the club…?

@blueorigin #blueorigin @JeffBezos #space #NewGlenn

[Dave Limp @davill]

Because you asked…

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Starting with NG-3, we will phase in a series of upgrades to the New Glenn launch system designed to increase payload performance, launch cadence, and enhance reliability. Read more: https://t.co/7kAvogzmey

[Niko Blanks @nikoinspace]

Honored I got to go off shore for this mission and help bring her home

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Yesterday, we welcomed Jacklyn and our fully reusable New Glenn first stage back to the Space Coast. Thank you, Team Blue.

[Booster 10 @booster_10]

Edited together the clips we've gotten of New Glenn landing, enjoy.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

From blue skies to the red horizons of Mars

On Nov. 13, New Glenn launched @NASA’s ESCAPADE mission and landed its fully reusable first stage on Jacklyn in the Atlantic.

[Lewis Hamilton @LewisHamilton]

New era @ScuderiaFerrari

[Derek Newsome @DerekdotSpace]

A few isolated views of the NG-1 launch have now been made available, including this one showing the TE retracting away from the vehicle as it slowly climbs out of frame.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Our blue origin

[Dave Limp @davill]

Our Blue Ring Pathfinder hit all our mission objectives within the planned six-hour journey after being inserted into the desired orbit by New Glenn with an apogee of 19,300 km and a perigee of 2,400 km at a 30-degree inclination. GS2 and the BE-3U engines nailed insertion with a less than 1% deviation from our exact orbital injection target.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Tap, hold, and load in 4k.

[Derek Newsome @DerekdotSpace]

New Glenn climbs away from its perch

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

So much heart, sweat, persistence. Huge congrats and kudos team Blue!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Step Brothers is the perfect meme for @JeffBezos & me 🤣🤣

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

Landing Platform Vessel 1, named "Jacklyn" after @JeffBezos's mom, has departed Cape Canaveral ahead of the first launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

The vehicle's booster, named “So You're Telling Me There's a Chance," will attempt to land on the recovery vessel.

[Niko Blanks @nikoinspace]

HOLY 😍

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

A successful hotfire of our fully integrated New Glenn launch vehicle at LC-36! The seven-engine hotfire lasted 24 seconds and marked the first time we operated the entire flight vehicle as an integrated system. Read more: https://t.co/2VEpDNsLs2

[Niko Blanks @nikoinspace]

I’m so proud to be a part of Team Blue

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

Next stop launch