Blue Origin's New Shepard Rocket Launch Delayed Again
Blue Origin's first mission in over 15 months, the NS-24 mission, was delayed due to a ground systems issue. The New Shepard suborbital vehicle was scheduled to launch but was scrubbed after a one-hour delay caused by cold temperatures. Blue Origin announced the scrub on Twitter and stated that they would provide a new launch target for later in the week. The previous launch failure in September 2022 was caused by an engine nozzle's thermo-structural failure, and Blue Origin has made design changes to prevent a recurrence. The NS-24 mission includes 33 research payloads, with more than half developed and flown with support from NASA, as well as 38,000 postcards for the Blue Origin-founded nonprofit "Club for the Future."
- Blue Origin calls off 1st New Shepard rocket launch since 2022 failure due to 'ground system issue' Space.com
- Blue Origin’s anticipated return to flight scrubbed before launch CNN
- Mission NS-24 Updates Blue Origin
- Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket set for return to flight mission – Spaceflight Now Spaceflight Now
- Bezos' Blue Origin Resets Plan to Return to Space The Wall Street Journal
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