BE-7 Thrust Chamber Assembly Hotfire Test at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Test Stand 116

On March 20, 2023, our BE-7 team conducted another successful Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) test at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Test Stand 116. Our tests on an upgraded TCA bring our cumulative test time to more than 4000 seconds, and we are on track in our engine development path. This was a self-funded test as part of our campaign to advance our lunar capabilities.

[@glintrhmj]

Love watching these static fires for any organization trying to get us to space.

[@CHIEF_420]

🌌

[@matthewpeck4016]

We're already in space. Well, I say "we", but Blue Origin still isn't.

[@mynameismynameyourname6197]

@@matthewpeck4016 are you in space. I'm rooting for every company trying to do it. I cant think of anything more unproductive than ripping on the guys still busten to get up there.

[@matthewpeck4016]

@@mynameismynameyourname6197 I'm not rooting for Blue Origin. They've abused the legal system and wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars taking contracts they've demonstrated they're incapable of fulfilling. It isn't the engineers' faults; it's management's fault. Specifically Jeffy.

[@Marksmal]

Please make more content, it's great to see what Blue is working on 🚀💙

[@bakedbillybacon]

That engine shutdown was beautifully controlled.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Did it look like the heat pulled oxygen out of the water spray to burn off the last of the fuel at the end?

[@bakedbillybacon]

@@PiDsPagePrototypes It does seem like that... I wonder how hard is to control cooling doing that. Really amazing.

[@DavJumps]

But was it, though? Suspect edit at the end there.

[@daniiiielw2002]

Great job 👍

[@Nightscape_]

Very cool. Sounds like my box fan that I go to sleep to, but louder.

[@MarsChroniken]

Awesome! Nice to see the different kinds of approaches to going to space! Ad Astra!

[@MrAlanCristhian]

Looks so stable.

[@beesod6412]

Well done BO. Grabbing the hotdogs & marshmallows! who's got the sticks?

[@BirdsEyeTech]

Nice!

[@rocketman1969]

Wow this is so cool

[@eyeofthestorm7830]

Awesome! Go Blue!!!

[@fluffstar_]

Well done B.O

[@cavegoblin101]

Cool! Now to test it lifting a silo!

[@Mr-Chris]

Come on, Jeffrey, you can do it. Pave the way, put your back into it.

[@MaNameIsJeff.]

Ayoo thanks my dude for wishing me that 😉😉

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Way is already paved, we only need taxis now

[@astronautnr7]

Show us how, tell us why Look at where come from look at you now

[@matthewpeck4016]

Pave the way for what, exactly?

[@hydromic2518]

@@matthewpeck4016 it’s from a song

[@johnvonludd1738]

Another video of BO not going to orbit

[@Przemro9]

I wonder what chamber pressure they got up to :)

[@Mohankumar-jz4ly]

We love what you do and we are excited to see the upcoming results I'm soo interested to see and May I know the head officer name in India to help you.

[@meeptothemax375]

"Casual model rocket engine👍👍"

[@timothy705]

An impressive successor to the RL-10

[@FrankBenlin]

Good job. Now point it up and let it go.

[@dan_grey]

To be clear, this is Blue Origin's lunar lander engine! Hydrogen/oxygen, deep-throttling, restartable, and privately funded by BO. Makes you wonder what else they are working on...

[@vaughn1804]

That would be a cool cigarette lighter at parties 🤣

[@ThePixelated_kris]

0:01 the mini bwoop

[@georginastoliker3358]

👏😏

[@techraan2160]

is this a full mission duration burn?

[@KsNewSpace]

Unlikely since this will be the engine for their Blue Moon lander. Needs to burn for several minutes and considering it will be reusable in the future probably many hours.

[@thomasackerman5399]

No and this is a testing of the combustion chamber with power head assembly.

[@EinChris75]

Now I feel like I need to roast some marshmallows.

[@iwuvu5940]

This is fun to watch

[@Pottery4Life]

What is the primary use for this engine?

[@KuopassaTv]

BBQ

[@ThatIdiotJSev]

It's their moon lander engine.

[@nowhereman1046]

It's for the Blue Moon uncrewed lander and then the crewed lunar lander that's derived from it.

[@onjofilms]

Missed opportunity to blacken some marshmallows.

[@squerlicious]

Ery noice. Updates on the latest New Shepard mission anomaly?

[@humandavey]

On twitter or their website.

[@squerlicious]

@@humandavey oh shit lit tnx fam

[@Aremisalive]

More and more I think Blue Origin should just be a rocket engine company. BE-4 seems stellar. BE-7 looks so awesome here.

[@matthewpeck4016]

BE-4 is why Vulcan still hasn't flown. As in, literally the only reason.

[@Aremisalive]

@@matthewpeck4016 Good engines take time my dude. And no, Vulkan has it's engines. It's still doing path finding work with launch hardware.

[@MrAlanCristhian]

​@@matthewpeck4016 Tory Bruno said that the reason was the delay of the delivery of the payload.

[@matthewpeck4016]

@@Aremisalive Vulcan has two theoretically flight-ready articles for a test flight. They were years late. We know that Vulcan has been ready and waiting for the integration work with the engines. It's BE-4 that's holding Vulcan back. Specifically, and solely, BE-4.

[@matthewpeck4016]

@@MrAlanCristhian Which is what you say when you're trying to cover for an underperforming vendor you can't afford to fire.

[@ERS8]

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

[@DavJumps]

Why the suspect video edit at shutdown?

[@user-ly1sx8ci8z]

🎩

[@Anti-DarkMatters4855]

Arnold

[@iamkyst3860]

so what if we line up 10000 of these , would it speed up or slow down the rotation of the earth depending on the direction its facing ?

[@Monkeyheadtpc]

no

[@KsNewSpace]

According to physics nothing happens because they push at the air and the air again transfers its momentum to the ground via friction. So it's as if you'd fire those engines at a wall. Engines push left and the wall pushes right equalling 0 total thrust. If you wanted to impact the Earth's rotation you had to build a ~10000 km high tower and an engine with an exhaust velocity > orbital velocity, so that you would build up a ring around Earth that rotates in the opposite direction Earth does. A maybe simpler way would be a mega train that spans all around Earth. It would drive in circles faster and faster. Earth would slow down by the amount of momentum captured in the train. If the train stops it would transfer the momentum back into Earth through its brakes. The train had to be like a kilometer high and many kilometers wide speeding at hypersonic speeds to carry enough momentum to make a difference though. Earth is huge and heavy. And then it would probably only slow it down by some 0.01%.

[@boboak9168]

@@KsNewSpace I’d like the day to be 10% longer. Keep working at this problem please 😉

[@manivardhan7588]

What happened to new shepard

[@szarak512]

nothing its gonna fly soon again

[@OfficialOyyeeGaming]

The anomaly review is finished and published on their website and twitter

[@KsNewSpace]

@@OfficialOyyeeGaming I just want to mention that the New Shepard that lost the engine was not the crew version. They have multiple New Shepards.

[@OfficialOyyeeGaming]

@@KsNewSpace The vehicles are the same so crewed flights were also paused while the investigation was ongoing

[@KsNewSpace]

@@OfficialOyyeeGaming Yes, but what I meant is they have a rocket ready to go once that is finished. Sounded like OP thought they only had one.

[@petersampson5202]

DEAR MR. BEZOS, HAPPY NEW YEAR. 🙏 GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND. I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU AND VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. I HOPE ALL OF YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE. I HOPE YOU HAD THE BEST AND HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL. I FEEL LIKE CRYING WITH COMPLETE GRATITUDE AND HAPPINESS MR. BEZOS. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A MIRACLE AND FAR BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I HAVE EVER IMAGINED! I AM SPEECHLESS AND COMPLETELY SURPRISED AND COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY! WOW!!! I LOVE YOU MR. BEZOS. I LOVE BLUE ORIGIN. YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING WITH A BEAUTIFUL HEART. THANK YOU SO VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY MUCH MY FRIEND. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL. I AM INDESCRIBABLY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A MIRACLE AND A MIRACLE AND A MIRACLE! WOW! WOW! WOW! I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL MR. BEZOS. WOW! WOW! WOW! 🙏🎅 SINCERELY PETER

[@wdwalker2178]

How many engine tests until Blue Origin is on par with SpaceX? Competition is great for the industry, but there doesn't appear to be much competition to SpaceX from B.O. at this juncture.

[@KsNewSpace]

I don't think the two will compete very much. Maybe when it comes to NASA contracts. But SpaceX mainly launches Starlink while Blue Origin will mainly launch Kuiper for Amazon.

[@MaNameIsJeff.]

Spacex create 1 raptor² in a week 😂😂

[@boboak9168]

Fail. That building didn’t move at all. Keep trying tho.

[@matthewpeck4016]

😂

[@FrankBenlin]

Ha ha. The Earth sped up though.

[@piotr2035]

"Promo sm"

[@fabrb26]

Tips: to achieve orbit you need your engine to face the ground and to be mounted on a vehicle. 😉

[@kumbackquatsta]

indian food

[@Ablaci]

bifröst

[@vanhon89]

when will BlueOrigin will carry out the 1st orbital flight? At that time maybe SpaceX have been put human on Mars, right?

[@Nowhereman10]

SpaceX is years behind Elon Time. Dear Moon isn't going to fly this year, as originally promised, and they sure as hell aren't going to go to Mars with Starship in anytime soon. Probably not until early in the next decade, if they're lucky.

[@dr4d1s]

Elon said they were going to send unmanned landers to Mars years ago as well that never happened. Remember Red Dragon?

[@KsNewSpace]

Maybe, but do you suggest that there can be no space startups in the future anymore? SpaceX progress has no impact on Blue Origin. I would say it may even have a positive impact if anything. SpaceX inspires people and those people want to work at space companies. And one space company is not enough to employ potentially millions in the future. What you seem to forget is that seniors at SpaceX will also want to create their own companies and not work for Elon their whole life. And they carry all the knowledge SpaceX learned to maybe even make it better by starting fresh.

[@FrankBenlin]

@@KsNewSpace Don't waste your time with these Elon fan boys.

[@matthewpeck4016]

@@Nowhereman10 SpaceX puts stuff in orbit, mate. A lot of stuff. On current schedules and trends, they'll put 80% of new orbital mass into orbit by themselves, this year. They're the only organization putting Americans into space. Even their competitors (OneWeb) turn to them to help get into orbit. They're in the late stages of developing an entirely new, fully reusable launch system. You can take snide shots at Elon all you like; outcomes are what matter, and the outcomes are abundantly clear.

[@lean_sumek]

О🙄😶o

[@lasersbee]

Want to see beautifully controlled Engines.... Watch Spacex launches

[@FrankBenlin]

We just did, right here.

[@matthewpeck4016]

Blue Origin has a ton of incredible engineers, all of whom are let down and undermined by Jeffy.

[@KsNewSpace]

What? He funds the whole company out of his pocket.

[@thomasackerman5399]

I hear your mother was let down.

[@matthewpeck4016]

@@thomasackerman5399 Classy.

[@squeaksquawk4255]

Maybe you should wait until the BE-4 has flown before focussing on BE-7?

[@KsNewSpace]

So you'd just fire all propulsion engineers once they are finished with their main rocket engines? They need stuff to do so they keep building new stuff.

[@matthewpeck4016]

@@KsNewSpace The comment you replied to was definitely wildly misguided. However, so is your reply: BE-4 is far from "finished". It's the only thing keeping Vulcan from flying.

[@thomasackerman5399]

@@matthewpeck4016 That would be a lie on your part. Peregrine is delayed, Centaur V failed a test.

[@Wiizl]

Cool! By 2030 they might even do orbital flights! :D

[@nikolaykostishen6402]

Nice!