An inquiry in another, recently SpaceX rocket is still going on an explosion.
Blue Origin’s new Glenn rocket closes on January 16, 2025. Credit: Blue Origin
The Federal Aviation Administration has completed its investigation that the new Glenn rocket launch of Blue Origin and SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 took place in January.
On 16 January, Blue Origin’s new Glenn -1 reached the class on her first flight. While the launch was successful, the rocket lost its lower stage during its descent.
Later that evening, SpaceX launched its own starship rocket, inadvertently exploded over Caribbean. 400 feet long, starship was the largest rocket to fly – although a trip cut was low.
The FAA needs to investigate and provide corrective action after an accident incident through its mishap reaction program. In these cases, the agency conducted an internal investigation by both Blue Origin and SpaceX about its own events.
The agency acknowledged the findings of both companies, which could be read here.
There was no public injury or public property damage reported by the New Glenn -1 accident.
Blue Origin found that the first phase of New Glenn was unable to resume its engines and was unable to prevent a rebirth from burning, causing damage to its platform. Seven corrective works were identified to prevent it from reworning, and FAA would verify that these tasks have been implemented before the launch of the new Glenn -2 mission.
According to Reuters reporting, the aim of New Glenn -2 is to launch later in this spring.
There were no public injuries during the grab of Starship Flight 7, although a minor vehicle damage was confirmed in the Turks and Cacos Islands.
SpaceX found that the potential basic cause for the loss of starships was stronger than the anticipated vibration during flight, which led to an increase in the failure and failure of the hardware in the propulsion system. Eleven corrective works were identified, and the FAA verified that SpaceX would implement them before Flight 8.
Second starship explodes
On 6 March, SpaceX’s Starship Flight 8 met the fate of its predecessor when it also exploded over Caribbean.
The FAA mentioned in the investigation of its rich Starship Flight 7 that it is overseeing another spacex-leading investigation in the accident. This investigation remains open.
The FAA said on its website, “The return to the starship vehicle’s flight is based on public safety.” “SpaceX cannot launch the starship again until the FAA does not accept the final accident investigation report or returns to the flight determination and all other licensing requirements are met.”
editor’s Note: A version of this story originally appeared on the flight.
