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BE-7
The Blue Engine 7 is a liquid hydrogen/oxygen dual expander cycle engine for use with the Blue Moon (spacecraft), Blue Moon family of lunar landers. The company utilizes additive manufacturing in the development process and it is meant to generate of thrust, serving as both the ascent and descent engines for Blue Moon. History Following the commencement of the Artemis program, Artemis Program the company sought to independently develop a lunar lander, the 'MK1' and accompanying engine. The BE-7 test phase began in 2019 with additional hot fire testing in 2020 at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Following selection for NASA's second Human Landing System, which Blue Origin calls 'MK2', the company announced that the BE-7 engine will be used for both landers. A demonstration flight of the MK1, planned for 2025 is on track and will debut the BE-7 engine. In 2024, the company announced vacuum cell testing was being conducted on the engine at the Edwards Air Force Base. Technical s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Origin
Blue Origin, LLC is an American private spaceflight, privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Amazon (company), Amazon, the company is led by CEO Bob Smith and aims to make access to space cheaper and more reliable through reusable launch vehicles. Rob Meyerson led Blue Origin from 2003 to 2017 and served as its first president. Blue Origin is employing an incremental approach from suborbital to orbital flight, with each developmental step building on its prior work. The company's name refers to the blue planet, Earth, as the point of origin. Blue Origin develops orbital technology, rocket-powered VTVL, vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) vehicles for access to sub-orbital spaceflight, suborbital and orbital spaceflight, orbital outer space, space. Initially focused on suborbital spaceflight, the company has designed, built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
