The companysNew Shepard rocket launched on May 19carrying a six-person crew to suborbital space.
Its a small group of people who work on these parachutes, Stich is quoted in SpaceNews as saying.
Theyve been great at sharing data with us.
This screengrab, taken from the Blue Origin webcast, shows the unfurled parachute.Screenshot: Blue Origin
They dont really have any kind of root cause yet, and we continue to follow along with them.
In September 2022, anuncrewed flight of New Shepard ended in flamesaround a minute after liftoff.
Blue Origin identified a thermo-structural failure of the engine nozzle as thereason behind the rockets failed launch.
We dont yet know the severity of the parachute problem or if it will cause further delays.
In March 2024,Boeing announced that it had resolved the safety issue.
The issue with the parachutes stems from the difficulty in accurately simulating the environment in which they deploy.
It looks like it should be easy.
Its still a little bit hard.
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