NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Mohard talks about the recent successful SpaceX mission and the opportunities it provides for further space exploration.
Aerospace maker Blue Origin, backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has announced that it will make its thirteenth voyage to the record-breaking space for the seventh time using a reusable New Shepard rocket.
The mission, originally scheduled for Thursday, was canceled due to a potential issue with the rocket’s internal power supply.
According to Blue Origin, the launch is now set for Friday, September 25, at 10 a.m. Central Time. You can watch the projection live here.
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According to a press release, the New Shepard will fly 12 commercial payloads into space and back, demonstrating a lunar landing sensor that will test technologies for future missions to the moon in support of NASA’s Artemis program.
“The experiment examines how these techniques (sensors, computers and algorithms) work together to determine the location and speed of a spacecraft as it approaches the moon, allowing a vehicle to land autonomously on the lunar surface within 100 meters of a given point. Enables for. ” Said Blue Origin. “The technologies could allow future missions, both crew and robotic – to target landing sites that were not possible during the Apollo mission, such as the diverse terrain near flying.”
Blue Origin noted that achieving high-accuracy landings could also enable long-term lunar exploration and future Mars missions.
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The sensor will be the first payload for the fly mounted on the outside of the New Shepard booster, located inside the capsule.
Other payloads on board the NS-13 include an “autonomous plant growth system used to complement the crew’s diet, a very nutritious, aquatic plant” and a cooling system developed by NASA for spacecraft electronics.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket (Photo courtesy of Blue Origin)
New Shepard has flown more than 100 payloads in 10 successive flights.
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