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Blue Origin spent much of 2019 redesigning turbomachinery within the BE-4 engine and then testing those fixes late that year and into 2020. This issue now appears to be largely behind the company.
One of Blue Origin's powerful BE-4 rocket engines exploded about 10 seconds into a test on June 30, CNBC reported.
Blue Origin and ULA joined forces back in 2014, with the objective of putting the BE-4 engines on ULA’s next-generation Vulcan rocket. The BE-4 is designed to be used on Blue Origin’s orbital ...
A Blue Origin rocket engine exploded during a ground-based test last month in a setback for the spaceflight company owned by Jeff Bezos. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends ...
Anonymous leaks reports that a BE-4 rocket engine detonated during a June 30 test run. A Blue Origin spokesperson confirmed the incident, but said 'no personnel were injured' ...
The BE-4 engine is destined for use not only on the first-stage booster of ULA’s semi-reusable Vulcan Centaur rocket, but also on Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn rocket, which is ...
Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin suffered a rocket engine explosion while testing its BE-4 rocket engine last month, CNBC has learned.
The fact Blue Origin is building a BE-4 engine test stand at LC-11 points to this being dedicated to East Coast New Glenn launches, whereas the Marshall facility is likely to be focused on Vulcan ...
When Blue Origin announced the BE-4 in 2014, they announced that it was the most powerful Methalox-burning engine ever conceived. Compared to the first version of the Raptor, which was the only ...
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is still running into technical problems.The company has confirmed that a BE-4 engine exploded roughly 10 seconds into a firing test in Texas on June 30th.
The former program manager of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engines has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging whistleblower retaliation after he spoke up about safety issues.