Flight Hardware At Launchpad Hanger Visually OK After New Glenn Explosion

Isaacman in helicopter surveying Cape Canaveral SFS SLC-36
Credit: John Kraus/NASA
Damage assessments from the failed launchpad hotfire test of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket are underway, but initial visual inspections indicate a second booster and upper stage in a processing hangar at Cape Canaveral SFS Space Launch Complex 36 were unaffected by the May 28 explosion. “We have...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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