The first test article assembled and tested in Lunar Plant 1: our Lunar Transporter sunshield! ☀️���️
Designed to be one of the largest deployable shields in space, it will protect both our Transporter and Blue Moon MK2 Crew Lander from radiation while the two vehicles are docked.
The B-Test Complex at @NASAStennis helped take Americans to the Moon. Now it will help take us back. We have signed an agreement with @NASA to use the historic facility for New Glenn second stage hotfire testing.
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BR-1 is ready to awaken!
Safe-to-Mate testing complete. All electrical connections & components are safe to connect together, ensuring correct wiring, proper voltage levels, and no risk of damage when the spacecraft is first powered on. More to come…
One giant leap for mankind
History was made on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to set foot on the Moon.
For more than 5 decades, the total number of moonwalkers has remained at 12. NASA will change that with Artemis IV.
Launch table is out. The two-million-pound launch table is heading to the Integration Facility for inspection and adjustments to support our future ConOps. Once reinstalled at the pad, it'll be outfitted with the first stage aft umbilicals and tied into the water system, which delivers water injection just below the engine nozzles.
26 years ago today: A Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS roared off Cape Canaveral's LC-36B carrying EchoStar VI, then the world's most powerful direct broadcast satellite. (Photos of different Atlas IIAS launches from the Museum Archives. )
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Sixty-nine years ago today (13 July 1957), the USAF canceled the Navaho cruise missile program. Only 11 Navahos ever launched from Cape Canaveral, but its advances in guidance, propulsion, and rocketry helped pave the way for the ballistic missile and space age.
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The first Blue Ring super spacecraft continues to move smartly through assembly. But, I thought I’d share some pics of the other vehicles that we built as dedicated test units. This one it’s the Static Test vehicle, doing its thing…
Some questions have come up on the launch bridge. It is in good shape and we will reuse. Three cranes are positioned to help lift the almost four-million-pound launch bridge and the two-million-pound launch table out of our flame trench and onto self-propelled modular transporters. Last night, the launch bridge was removed. The launch table is up next. Enjoy the crane ballet.
Fit check!
The team recently lifted the BE-7 engine into position on Endurance to fit, trim, and weld the liquid hydrogen (LH2) and Liquid Oxygen (LOX) feedlines, and to adjust the struts to the installation length, setting up a streamlined engine install following the integrated vehicle tanking test.
Last time we played Belgium in the World Cup we had Tim Howard set a single game record for most saves.
This time we have Matt Freese who made one of the worst goalkeeping mistakes you’ll ever see in the World Cup.
In honor of @Freedom250, two of our most iconic aircraft are getting a fresh coat of red, white, and blue! ✈️🇺🇸
NASA Armstrong’s F-18 and F-15 were repainted in the colors that represent the legacy of determination, service, and unity that define America. It’s more than paint, it’s a tribute to the past and a salute to the future.
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