Human Spaceflight NASA

Blue Origin Tests BE-3 Engine

Zero-G News AdminComment(0)



Blue Origin successfully fires the thrust chamber assembly for its new 100,000 pound thrust BE-3 liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen rocket engine. As part of the company’s Reusable Booster System (RBS), the engines are designed eventually to launch the biconic-shaped Space Vehicle the company is developing in collaboration with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Comments

What do you think?

Zero-G News Admin

Related Articles
Expedition 43 Exploration Frontpage Articles Human Spaceflight ISS Launches Mars Moon NASA News One-Year Mission Rockets Space Exploration Spaceflight Top Stories Yearlong Mission

American And Russian Begin Yearlong Orbital Journey

Zero-G News Admin

ISS One-Year Mission Expedition 43 Soyuz TMA-16M Launch Coverage NASA TV A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off for the International Space Station today. Their launch wasn’t historic in its own right. After all, the three are members of the 43rd expeditionary crew to live aboard the outpoust. What is groundbreaking is the […]
Moon NASA

This LADEE Wasn’t Just Eating Bon Bon’s During The Government Shutdown

Zero-G News Admin

During the NASA shutdown, the LADEE mission continued to perform its critical maneuvers and capture into the commissioning orbit around the moon. The trajectory correction maneuver (TCM-1) was completed on Oct. 1, and set the spacecraft to rendezvous with the moon on Oct. 6. Comments What do you think?
Frontpage Articles ISS Launches NASA News Rockets Top Stories Unmanned Spaceflight

Technical Glitches, Orbital Mechanics Push Falcon 9 CRS-5 Launch Into 2015

Zero-G News Admin

The next launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver cargo to the International Space Station is being delayed until early January, company officials confirmed this morning. Trouble encountered during a test firing of the vehicle’s first stage prompted SpaceX to move the launch date until after the holidays. During the static test on […]