1 year after launch failure, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket remains grounded

[Admin]

Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital space tourism vehicle suffered a failure during an uncrewed flight on Sept. 12, 2022. It hasn't launched since.

1 year after launch failure, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket remains grounded : Read more

 

[p3orion]

The first stage's single BE-3PM engine suffered a "thermo-structural failure."

Yeah, so did the Hindenberg. They're trying to hide "the engine bell blew up" in technobabble, but it's hard to talk your way around a smoking hole in the desert.

 

[billslugg]

Engine bell got too hot, blew up. They have redesigned the combustion chamber. Maybe it will work better now.