Kev

rocket engineer 🚀 (sometimes)

[Dave Limp @davill]

Booster 3 almost done… "No, It's Necessary" Welcome to the fleet.

[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.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Some fun stills! Congrats Team Blue and NASA on an amazing day. Never tell me the odds!

[Kev @rawdriguezk]

@DanGambleAI @Playbook Hardrock

[Kev @rawdriguezk]

@wis3003 @RodBui @MiamiDolphins @pepsi Jesus Christ will accept you into heaven if you denounce your radical ways, Bill (you might just be a Russian bot) but I’ll try my best to convince the lord upstairs if you pray with me later. Thoughts?

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

⏪ New Glenn rewind

[JUSTIN ROTH @jroth304]

Two of my favorite spaceflight images of all time, both taken by the legend himself, @johnkrausphotos . Magical! @blueorigin @relativityspace

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Tap, hold, and load in 4k.

[Dave Limp @davill]

BE-4 engines cutting diamonds in the sky earlier this morning.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

New Glenn

📸: @blueorigin

[Dave Limp @davill]

Well, all we have left to do is mate our encapsulated payload…and then LAUNCH! Congrats to the many Blue folks on today's test. Big day for our seven #BE4 engines, simultaneously firing for the first time for 24 seconds. Get this – a single BE-4 turbopump can fit in the backseat of a car. When all seven pump fuel and oxygen from the BE-4's common shaft, they produce enough horsepower to propel two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full tilt. The launch pad is the harshest environment for a vehicle, experiencing intense shaking from full engine thrust across the entire spectrum. To mitigate this, our water tower, one of the tallest in the world at 353 feet, plays a crucial role—storing water that is piped into the flame deflector, the launch table, and across the launch pad deck, providing thermal protection, and dampening as much acoustic energy as possible during liftoff. Our water deluge system expels around 400,000 gal/min during launch, with a good portion quickly turning into steam. (And a cool extra photo!)

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

So you're telling me there's a chance...

@blueorigin's first New Glenn launch vehicle sitting vertical at LC-36 this evening, ahead of a planned static fire test before the campaign's inaugural flight.

Beyond stoked to see full flight hardware finally poised!

📸 - @NASASpaceflight

📺 - https://t.co/HMdRAAL8Kv

[Kev @rawdriguezk]

@b00m_bang