New Shepard 發射時引擎發生故障,無人的載人艙順利緊急脫離

稍早發射升空的 Blue Origin New Shepard NS-23 任務,在升空後不久引擎便發生故障,爆出了一團火焰。未搭載乘客的載人艙立即發動了緊急逃脫火箭,並且順利與下級火箭拉開距離後開啟降落傘著陸,但下級火箭則是不幸墜毀。…

Uncrewed Blue Origin capsule lands safely after New Shepard rocket failure

Blue Origin’s recent NS-23 flight didn’t go according to plan. On Monday morning, the private space firm was forced to abort the uncrewed mission after one of its New Shepard rockets suffered an unspecified “booster failure.” The problem came up about a minute after the flight took off from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site at 10:26AM ET. You can see the entire incident unfold in the video the company shared on Twitter.

“It appears we have experienced an anomaly with today’s flight,” a commentator said during the NS-23 livestream. “This was unplanned and we don’t have any details yet. But our crew capsule was able to escape successfully, we’ll follow its progress through landing. As you can see, the drogues have deployed, and the mains are going to be pulled out next.”

The capsule was carrying NASA-funded research equipment. “It’s useless to speculate about what happened at this point. Not even the company knows the cause,” tweeted Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, adding in a separate post that had the spacecraft been manned, the crew “would have felt a serious jolt, but would have been safe.”

Blue Shepard won’t be able to fly again until Blue Origin investigates the incident and the Federal Aviation Administration signs off on the company’s findings. 

NASA 完成燃料輸送管墊片的替換

我們最後聽到關於 Artemis I 任務的消息時,NASA 還正要在發射台或是推回組裝廠這兩者間,選擇一處更換燃料輸送管墊片,想不到的是 NASA 選擇了相對風險比較大的發射台更換選項,並且已在稍早順利完成了更換。…

FCC 提案要求失效的衛星應在五年內於大氣焚毀

FCC 稍早推出了一個提案,將原本只是自願性在 25 年內處理掉失效衛星的現有規則,改為強制性要求美國的衛星公司(或想進入美國市場的外國衛星公司),必須以最快速度處置失效衛星,並且最長不得超過五年。…