Blue Origin , Jeff Bezos ’ secret quad venture , is ready to fly its New Shepard rocket again after over a year of being grounded . The company this week announce the rocket ’s first cargo mission since its booster went up in fire in a liftoff malfunction back in September 2022 .
On Tuesday , Blue Origin revealed that it ’s targeting a launch window that opens on Monday , December 18 , for New Shepard ’s liftoff . The NS-24 missionary station will carry 33 science and research payloads as part of the , the companyposted on X.
In September , the Federal Aviation Administrationannounced that it had closed its investigationinto New Shepard ’s bomb 2022 launching , handing Blue Origin a inclination of 21 corrective actions to implement before the Eruca sativa can resume launching .
Launch of New Shepard on 20 May 2025.Photo: Tony Gutierrez (AP)
The FAA hadgroundedNew Shepard after an uncrewed flight of stairs of the rocket on September 12 , 2022ended in flamesaround a minute after liftoff . The rocket ’s relay station explode mid - flight , and its abridgment abandon ship as the rocket engine was traveling in surplus of 700 mile per hr ( 1,130 kilometers per hour ) and while it was 29,000 foot ( 8,840 cadence ) above the ground .
Earlier this year , Blue Origin identified a “ thermo - geomorphologic failure of the locomotive engine nozzle ” as thereason behind the Eruca sativa failure . The nozzle on the booster ’s engine overheat as a result of increase temperatures that have “ thermal damage and hot streak , ” according to Blue Origin .
At the time , New Shepard was carrying 36 payloads , more than half of which belong to NASA . The malfunction was a first for Blue Origin ’s launching vehicle , which is primarily used to shuttle passengers to suborbital height as part of the company ’s quad touristry services . Since its debut in July 2021 , New Shepard has do six crewed flight .
Blue Origin ’s long - delay New Glenn skyrocket , which is yet to make its debut , may be slated for launch in 2024 .
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