Space & Physics

Blue Origin Cancels The Launch Of The New Shepard Suborbital Spacecraft

The American company Blue Origin canceled the launch of the New Shepard suborbital ship due to a technical problem and plans to launch the ship later this week.
“We are withdrawing from the launch of #NS24 due to possible problems in the ground system, which the team is currently working on. We will announce a new launch date soon. It will take place this week,” the company announced on its page on the social network X.
The New Shepard spacecraft is designed to deliver not only cargo, but also people to low Earth orbit. However, since the fall of last year, the company has not carried out a single launch after an anomaly occurred in the first stage on September 12, 2022, resulting in the loss of the launch vehicle. Fortunately, the launch was unmanned at that time.
Today’s New Shepard launch was also intended to be unmanned. The new mission is called NS-24 because it will be the vehicle’s 24th launch. Within its framework, it was planned to launch 33 research cargo into low Earth orbit.

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