Blue Origin 'responding to an issue' after abort system activated on uncrewed launch | CNN Business

Blue Origin experienced an “anomaly” during an uncrewed launch of its New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Monday morning, triggering an abort system that allowed the capsule to parachute to Earth.

“This was a payload mission with no astronauts on board. The capsule escape system functioned as designed,” the company tweeted. A livestream of the launch showed the crew capsule, which had no one inside at the time, dramatically eject from the rocket as it approached Max Q, or the condition when the vehicle’s atmospheric flight reaches maximum dynamic pressure. The capsule at the top of ship then aborted the mission and began to parachute back to earth.

“It appears we’ve experienced an anomaly with today’s flight, this was unplanned and we do not have any details yet, but our crew capsule was able to escape successfully,” a Blue Origin employee said during the livestream of the launch. The NS-23 mission, involving its New Shepard spacecraft, was flying 36 payloads, with two flying on the exterior of the booster. Eighteen of the payloads on the flight are funded by NASA, Blue Origin has said.

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