China3D printingNet, December 9th, in the 20-year history of Blue Origin, the aerospace manufacturer has taken steps to develop rocket engines, launch vehicles, and space capsules to bring astronauts to the next frontier of space, thereby enabling them to enter space. The cost is cheaper and more reliable. As part of the Artemis Lunar Exploration Program Human Landing System (HLS) Award issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Blue Origin has produced a three-stage lander, which will be completed by 2024 In 2016, the first woman and the second man will land on the moon.
The company’s lunar lander system will be powered by an additively manufactured high-performance BE-7 engine, and Blue Origin engineers have already begun ignition tests. On December 4, 2020, the program launched the fourth thrust module test series of its high-efficiency engines at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Hansville, Alabama, bringing the cumulative test time of the program to 1,245 seconds, and further Proved its landingmoonAbility.
Since April 30, 2020, Blue Origin has competed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Leidos-owned aerospace company Dynetics to win the construction of the United States The space agency’s next contract for a human lunar landing system will perform its first manned mission to the south pole of the moon within four months as part of the third phase of the Artemis program. NASA’s three business partners are expected to continue to refine their lander concepts during the 10-month period from May 2020 to February 2021, with a contract value of US$967 million. Then, the agency plans to select two of the three companies for the next stage of HLS development. The initial demonstration mission will be carried out in 2023, and the manned demonstration mission starting with the Artemis III mission in 2024 will eventually reach the lunar surface.
Nevertheless, after successfully completing the fourth BE-7 engine test, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos quickly announced on social media that his company’s3D printingThe engine will not only power the HLS lunar lander led by Blue Origin, but also the person who takes the first woman to the moon. The e-commerce pioneer posted a video about engine testing on Instagram and wrote: “This (BE-7) engine will bring the first woman to the surface of the moon.”
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BE-7 was developed privately for more than three years and is the latest high-performance engine in the Blue Origin series.According to China3D printingThe network understands that it is based on the success of the BE-3 PM hydrogen/oxygen engine, which powers the New Shepard suborbital rocket. BE-7 is a high-performance, additive-manufactured liquid oxygen/hydrogen lunar landing engine with a thrust of 10,000 pounds force (lbf)
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