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Blue Origin NS-23 Flight Ends Early Due To An Anomaly

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
NASAWatch
September 12, 2022
Blue Origin NS-23 Flight Ends Early Due To An Anomaly
NS-23 engine anomaly
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“After several launch delays the Blue Origin NS-23 mission took off a few minutes ago. Just over 2 minutes into the flight the crew capsule separated from the booster. The Blue Origin commentator said that there had been an “in-flight anomaly” but did not eleaborate”. Images posted on Twitter seem to suggest an engine issue on the booster.”

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6 responses to “Blue Origin NS-23 Flight Ends Early Due To An Anomaly”

  1. Chris says:
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    So it’s good a failure they didn’t have a crew on board, but apparently the boosters are different for the payload version. So questions still linger. One would think the boosters would be identical regardless of what is on board.

  2. Jack says:
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    Looks like something went wonky with the engine at throttle up.
    I haven’t heard what became of the booster. On the stream it had a graphic that showed the booster was still gaining altitude like normally it would. So, did it land or crash back to Earth?

    • Skinny_Lu says:
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      It crashed. I wasn’t sure at first, and asked myself…. Did the exhaust plume from the solid motor damage the booster enough that it crashed?
      Then, I realized. It surely crashed, since it lost the one engine it has. No way to land without it. There are no parachutes to save the booster. So, it is a crash site on the desert floor. Good thing they can recover the parts.

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