In the same video, his brother said: "I wasn't even expecting him to say that he was going to be on the first flight. "It's an adventure, its a big deal for me." "I want to go on this flight because it's the thing I've wanted to do all my life," Jeff Bezos said in a video posted to his Instagram. The Amazon founder will be joined on the flight by his brother Mark Bezos, the winner of an auction being held for one of the seats and 82-year-old female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk. In total, the mission is expected to last around 10 minutes. The rocket, meanwhile, will descend before restarting its main engines close to the ground in order to perform a controlled vertical landing. The crew module will separate from the rocket close to peak altitude, landing back on Earth with the help of parachutes. This line is widely recognized as the altitude where space begins. The vehicle is controlled entirely by on-board computers without the need for ground control or a human pilot.Īfter launching, New Shepard will ascend to an altitude of around 62 miles-a boundary known as the Kármán line. It consists of two main parts-a pressurized crew capsule and booster rocket. New Shepard is a fully reusable launch vehicle that takes off and lands vertically. China's Mars Mission Milestones so Far As Tianwen-1 Releases Videos.NASA Telescope Opens Mirror on Earth for Last Time Before Orbiting Sun.
The Weird Ways Earth Could Be Saved From an Asteroid.Venturi Astrolab in Hawthorne, Calif: Demonstrating tire technology readiness for lunar rovers (Glenn and Johnson). Stratolaunch in Mojave, Calif.: Bringing shuttle orbiter TPS (thermal protection system) into the 21st century (Ames). Sierra Space in Louisville, Colo.: Development of low-cost, high-temperature reusable thermal protection system (Ames and Johnson). Roccor (Redwire) in Erie, Colo.: Characterization of high aspect ratio booms for large apertures (Langley). Psionic in Hampton, Va.: Commercial wind measurement constellation (Langley). Phase Four in El Segundo, Calif.: Development of an ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic) gas feed system for the Phase Four RF (Radio Frequency) thruster (Marshall). Maxar in Westminster, Colo.: Automated robotic assembly of the Light Bender system (Langley). Oscillating heat pipe technology for aero entry and commercial applications (Ames and Marshall). In-space manufacturing technologies for thermoplastic composites (Glenn, Goddard, Langley and Marshall). Lockheed Martin in Bethesda, Md.: Friction-stir welded blanks for advanced formed shapes (Langley). in Arlington, Va.: Complex curvature retractable pin tool friction-stir welding pathfinder campaign (Marshall).Ĭanopy Aerospace in Denver: Low-cost reusable thermal protection system substrates as an alternative to alumina-enhanced thermal barrier (Ames). Electrically actuated quick-disconnect coupling for cislunar and lunar surface cryogenic propellant transfer (Marshall).īoeing Co. “These awards allow us to work with both small and large companies to advance some of the most crucial technologies for future exploration.”Īerojet Rocketdyne in El Segundo, Calif.: Fully additively manufactured LOX-LH2 engine demonstration (collaborating with Marshall). companies, NASA helps mature capabilities that promise to benefit our objectives and the entire aerospace industry,” Jim Reuter, the agency’s associate administrator for space technology, said today in a news release. “By sharing our knowledge and facilities with U.S. Instead, NASA will make its in-house expertise available to help the companies develop products that the space agency could procure for future missions. That means no money will be transferred between NASA and its partners. The work will be done under the terms of unfunded Space Act Agreements, following up on an Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity issued last year. NASA says Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin and the other 11 companies will advance capabilities and technologies related to the space agency’s Moon to Mars Objectives. “We’re pleased to have been selected by NASA to partner on developing these technologies,” Blue Origin said in an email to GeekWire. It’ll also partner with Langley as well as Ames Research Center in California to work on a metallic thermal protection system. (Blue Origin Photo)Īmazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is among 12 companies chosen to collaborate with NASA on new technologies that could become part of future missions to the moon and Mars.īlue Origin has signed up to work with NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia and Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama on friction-stir additive manufacturing. One of the modules for the New Glenn rocket sits outside Blue Origin’s Florida factory.
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