Blue Origin capsule blasts away from booster after anomaly during launch

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket experienced an anomaly a little over a minute after an uncrewed launch from the company's West Texas site on Sept. 12, 2022. The capsule can be seen blasting away from the booster after its crew escape system was engaged. Full Story: www.space.com/blue-origin-ns-...
It carried 36 education-focused experiments, including 24 payloads from "K-12 schools, universities and STEM-focused organizations," according to Blue Origin.
Credit: Blue Origin

[@WX4EMT]

We learn more from failure than we do from success and proper respect goes to Blue Origin for not censoring this learning event.

[@SomeRandomGuy789]

"But I prefer the term, learning experience." -Mark Watney (The Martian)

[@Bojonni]

The same comment over and over

[@denji7696]

@@Bojonni yeah, it's actually better to fail than succeed, lol

[@tedunguent156]

@@Bojonni So is your reply.

[@adryncharn1910]

We usually learn what didn't work from failure, but when you're successful you know what you did worked. There are an infinite amount of ways something can fail, but a smaller amount of ways it can succeed. So I would say you learn more from success than failure. The goal is making it work after all.

[@rrmackay]

If you are in the game competing with SpaceX you have to be transparent, honest and straight up about what happened. The people who love rocketry and space flight don't hold your failures against you as long as you are honest.

[@kabelokgoele1827]

Exactly....

[@kabelokgoele1827]

Clearly planned.....spaceX has been doing this and Clearly transparent.... they blow up their booster for such.

[@Been.Here.Since.2007]

We'll see the reports.

[@Theexsquaddie.]

That being said the queue to ride blue origin just got shorter.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

Because we understand that failure is the most important part of science and advancement.

[@cesarjom]

Retro-thrust system did not look like it fired correctly at time of landing; in fact, looked like capsule took a hard impact upon landing.

[@davidforbes5045]

Exactly!

[@sauernick1]

yeah

[@theartifact1193]

That looked like a bad landing to me.

[@perarduaadastra873]

Totally ✅

[@nightshifter886]

Ya, had there been anyone in there, they’d have some cracked vertebrae for sure.

[@ThemercilessZoe]

I like how the announcer was all excited at first but then went completely silent 😭

[@twohandsandaradio]

There was no script she could flip to for that failure, I mean "off nominal situation". 🤣 Glad there was no payload to keep "safe".

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Her voice is cracking when she finally pulls it together after being silent for what felt like an eternity. Welcome to the real world of space flight lady. If your scared just announcing a crewless launch failure then maybe aerospace is not the business you should be in. Risk is part of the business, you can mitigate it but you can never eliminate it.

[@jjflash2611]

Credit to Blue Origin to not cut the feed during launch and show exactly what happened from beginning to end. The Emergency System functioned as intended. Had there been a Crew aboard, all would have survived and walked away to fly another day.

[@subasurf]

Survived, probably... walked away, unlikely. The pre impact thrusters didn't fire so that capsule hit the ground hard as fuck.

[@GatewaySpace]

​@@subasurf​ it was confirmed by the commentator, also that's probably just the unusual camera angle that's messing with you.

[@johnbeckwith1361]

@@GatewaySpace You can always see the capsule slow a bit just before hitting the ground, didn't see that this time.

[@mattchristie1810]

@@subasurf That's the retros firing at the last second, a normal landing. That said, If I walked away from that launch doubt you'd catch me on another one!

[@UncleKennysPlace]

@@subasurf Still likely could walk away. But I thought they did fire.

[@davidquirk8097]

Not sure that I saw the 'retro system' fire in and reduce the impact with the ground. I attributed the big cloud of dust to the capsule hitting the deck. Good to see that the escape procedure worked though. I don't suppose in the event of an actual emergency, the crew would particularly mind a bump at the last bit.

[@xsleep1]

Yeah, let's see some shots of the capsule on the ground.

[@Emophiliac2]

Looked like every other landing.

[@humperlumper62]

Looked like a hard landing to me🙈🙈

[@basketvector7311]

the big cloud of dust is the retro thrusters. soyuz did the same thing for 30+ years

[@georgesherfick2444]

Excellent performance by the lady, turning a pig skin into a silk purse

[@LineaDeus]

*I love how the term 'Anomaly' today, is used to replace the term, "Total Failure". And your reverse thrust system did not happen, that was an impact with the ground. Not one frame of footage shows any thrust system working. When you're up against SpaceX, transparency is mandatory, because they will examine the same footage.*

[@zaqwsxcde54321]

The Nazis suffered an anomaly during the EU domination attempt; Chernobyl's reactor suffered an anomaly; The twin towers structure suffered an anomaly

[@coco_bold]

Total failure would have been an explosion. Your mockery is out of place here. It was an anomaly, not a total failure. You are an anomaly, although your parents probably think you are a total failure.

[@AbbyNormL]

I was present when the Challenger exploded and watched as the pieces did a free fall 8.5+ miles to the ocean surface. This automatic safety ability is very interesting. Even though this cost a ton of money, it was worth it to see the safety features function properly.

[@mediamaker]

They used to be called the "chicken rockets" I believe (or something like that) when they had them on the Apollo and earlier crewed spaceflights, and I think they were controlled by the range safety officer. Unfortunately I didn't see the so-called boosters ignite to slow the "touchdown" which looked more like a very hard impact with the ground - hence all that dust as it crash.... I mean landed.

[@Blue-op6qv]

the space shuttle was a bomb with wings ngl, there was no emergency escape system, they had to make their way to a landing

[@xxpoisonblxx]

@@mediamaker Looked exactly like every crewed landing I've seen with this capsule, the retros always feel super late, watching, but keep in mind, it also has the chutes that are enough for "rough but survivable".

[@cansee8637]

They’re all still alive, nobody was in the challenger

[@AbbyNormL]

@@cansee8637 There is proof the Challenger astronauts were alive on the fall to the ocean. They did not die in the explosion.

[@davidgapp1457]

Actually very reassuring to see the escape system working correctly in a real life scenario.

[@umbongonights]

I agree, there is something assuring when you see the system work as intended during a real mission as opposed to a test. Whatever it was, they’ll get to the bottom of it and make the necessary improvements for next time.

[@tomspettigue8791]

Yeah. If there were occupants on board... i think there's a pretty good damn chance they would've ultimately walked away from that capsule after it landed.

[@PWingert1966]

I truly would not have wanted to be landing in the capsule. I would probably have had a fractured spine at least.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

It still amazes me that they allowed for the Shuttle design to move forward knowing full well that there was no way for a crew to escape a catastrophic failure of the launch system. It was a death trap and they knew it from the beginning. 14 people died from that mistake.

[@i-_-am-_-g1467]

Yet spaceX hasn't had an anomaly for 5 years? This is just one more straw that is going to break the camel's back, how can anyone take Bezos seriously? The booster can't land properly, it barely gets into actual space by a literal fraction, and then "anomalies" happening like this just means this vehicle will never be used for anything other than guinea pigging "space tourists" who are unknowingly the worlds most famous Alpha testers

[@illustr8rjoe]

The way the capsule quickly distanced itself away from the main engine was VERY impressive. It is easy to imagine if the engine was going to go Boom, this was going to be effective at keeping any crew safe

[@nemesiswes426]

Right, first thing I noticed was as soon as the booster started tipping, it blasted away in no time. Increases the confidence at least for potential passengers that if there's a problem, the abort system works, lol.

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

It wasn't meant to separate here though. Something very dodgy going on with this entire project.

[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

@@nemesiswes426 it wasn't that though. Notice as the main booster begins to burn up. There's fuel leaking from it that caused it to burn which most likely melted the couplings holding the Cockpit in turn setting it off when it wasn't supposed to be deployed

[@nemesiswes426]

@@QIKUGAMES-QIKU Well from what I can tell, I see something go wrong near the booster engine, looks like leak or something, you can see a spark right before the explosion in the engine exhaust, causing an explosion, the rocket starts tipping to the left, then the capsule booster ignites and it lifts away.

[@randyjnocharles]

That's how the space shuttle should have been constructed

[@Beebo]

I wonder how many Gs the crew would experience on board the capsule. I mean they're already experiencing Gs from the normal rocket, but then for the capsule to accelerate faster than the main booster...

[@yassassin6425]

It depends at what stage it is deployed. It was tested at 10g. I would imagine this pulled about 3 - 4.

[@aerospacematt9147]

I heard it pulled about 8-9 G’s. Most certainly survivable.

[@TheHaughtyOsprey]

It's adorable and terrifying to see people still discussing these charades. Here's 2 questions: Why is there still a shadow on the moon when it's in the sky with the sun at the same time? How come there are more than 50 recorded instances of a lunar eclipse occuring while the sun is above the horizon? I've basically given up hope that people will wake up, at this point.

[@shagster1970]

@@TheHaughtyOsprey This type of eclipse is called a selenelion. What year are you in son?

[@dishwasher69]

@@TheHaughtyOsprey uh ok

[@garyhochstetler7082]

“There goes the retro thrust system” 😂 That is dust from smacking into the ground.

[@creamsoduh6392]

That was hard to watch, definitely spinal injuries in a best case scenario

[@creamsoduh6392]

That was hard to watch, definitely spinal injuries in a best case scenario

[@FuTwo.0]

Yep indeed. Retro thrust my butt lol.. more like retro thud

[@spocksvulcanbrain]

I'm appreciative of the fact that they didn't cut away or stop the video but followed it all the way to the landing. Good job.

[@minus5m]

Absolutely. Good job Team Blue Origin - we're all still rooting for you!

[@jeandeaux2129]

The announcer got sorta quiet, tho.......about 2 min of crickets....

[@danxcanxcook]

@@jeandeaux2129 you can hear a large gulp after 3:45 too

[@theotherdave8013]

the fact the capsule can launch away to save the crew/itself is just such a cool thing. Hope they dont give up.

[@JamesBlacklock]

Not to naysay the coolness, but it's a standard feature-not unique to this rocket.

[@anthonykeller5120]

Yeah, but it’s still cool to see a “standard feature” really work on a totally unexpected failure.

[@EdgarKohl]

A cool thing to get reimbursed if they survive to live to change their mind.

[@bryanpinto5819]

Rocket no orbit

[@mudit1]

But if this happens in starship everyone will die spacex should design starship so that it's human spacecraft version has that one thing

[@Michaelnation22]

The thrusters for landing did not come on before the capsule hit the ground. That was just a HARD landing.

[@elmodiddly]

Dear God!! BEFORE you post at least check what is the standard landing for this piece of crap. Thrusters are fired just before it hits the ground.

[@shmoostead5419]

bollocks

[@chrisdooley1184]

Glad to see that crew capsule ejection system works as phenomenally well as they thought. That was beautiful to see.

[@TaraZaraChara]

Very impressive. The launch may not have gone as planned, but now there’s definitive proof that the LES works perfectly

[@rockspoon6528]

"Impressive"? They're failing to do with supercomputers and 21st century tech what people did with slide rules and vacuum-tubes over a half-century ago.

[@captainclute6889]

Yep, we have a perfectly operational system in place in the event of our inevitable failure.

[@josephschmoe3796]

Did it? She commented on a rocket firing just before landing to further reduce impact energy. I sure didn't see rocket firing, just the dust from impact with the ground. It will be interesting to see the data on that.

[@Pete856]

@@josephschmoe3796 All the landings look like that. The rockets fire for maybe half a second to reduce it's speed...it probably feels quite violent but that's nothing compared to hitting the ground at that speed.

[@jerrardbeasley4247]

@@josephschmoe3796 Its just a puff of air really. It creates a bed of air to cusion those last few feet. The landing was nominal.

[@garyjones9023]

I agree with previous comments that I didn't see any sign of retro-rockets slowing the descent, resulting in what appears to be a very hard landing.

[@meekerp1]

That’s a hard no retro rocket, did not fire, guessing that landing would have been devastating on a human body

[@BLACKSSG85]

The retro rockets fire when it's 1m off the ground. That's why you see the giant cloud. If you watch any of their other flights, the exact same thing occurs every time, even with people on board.

[@Autoxdriver]

A nominal touchdown looks exactly the same. The retro rockets don't fire until a fraction of a second before touchdown. I've never seen any flame, just dust like we saw here.

[@SIE44TAR]

A hard, non-retro landing would still not kick up that amount of dust.

[@civlyzed]

@@Autoxdriver Slow the video down a bit, it looks to me like the capsule tipped over, but I'm not sure.

[@Pmack1975]

Truly fantastic to see a real emergency system actually function as designed. I can't like this enough. Great job to the designers and engineering team.

[@asyncasync]

Neat. Also, the launch failed. Lets not ignore that part, shall we?

[@zsavage1820]

@@asyncasync I didn't see any retros fire before impact either..

[@gamegoof]

@@zsavage1820 Exactly...

[@marcin.j.wasiak]

It is like "God saved me after my car spontaneously bursted in flames"

[@TheTRUth375]

I don’t think that was the thrust system lol they just hit the ground hard as hell lol

[@OrdinisChao]

Anomalies happen, but the fact the capsule successfully disengaged and landed safely is encouraging.

[@TooLooze]

My son, a tatted up 36 year old progressive with 2 masters degrees wrote the software for the capsule. To say I'm proud would be an understatement.

[@edntz]

@@TooLooze Actually my 3 year old with a PhD, who is smarter than i am, wrote the software for it.

[@TooLooze]

@@edntz Why do you feel the need to be mean? I hope you feel better now.

[@edntz]

@@TooLooze Why are you offended by my 3 year old's intelligence? Don't take it personal.

[@TooLooze]

@@edntz I'm not offended, I feel compassion for you.

[@TommasoPaba]

Lol, I like how the presenter turned a launch failure into a successful test of the escape system! 😄

[@JK-zw8ec]

Where did the booster, first stage crash land?

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

When life gives you lemons right!

[@todortodorov940]

Spin ;)

[@mholdner]

I bet they had a script for that ready to go. There was a long pause in commentary, and then she was back right on script. I picture a producer pulling out the right binder and going through the check list for what to say. Nothing left to chance on these PR broadcasts.

[@a.n.7863]

She did sound quite professional during the entire event, script or not.

[@TheJonathanc82]

Congratulations to blue origin on turning what could have been a massive failure into an unfortunate, yet perfectly executed, escape maneuver. Massive props to the engineers who created these systems. You should be proud of your work today, even if the flight didn’t go as planned.

[@bryanpinto5819]

No orbit

[@spacelemur7955]

Yes, but their announcer was cringeworthy.

[@arthurlunar7835]

@@spacelemur7955 "Cringe" is who uses the word "cringe"

[@spacelemur7955]

@@arthurlunar7835 So, my tender one, for you let's substitute _ecomiastic, panegyric_ or _genuflectual._ The phrases _corporate toady_ or _Smithersesque_ are less traditional, but apply as well.

[@GigaDarkness]

@@spacelemur7955 cringe

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

It only took 1 second for the Safety measures to kick in. Well Done Blu Originn. It's cool to see the safety measure kick in that will save peoples lives incase something wrong happens.

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Played frame by frame, it actually kicked in under a second. That's incredible.

[@tranceparentblue2008]

Only the second time the launch escape system has been used during an actual launch procedure without testing conditions since Soyuz T-10A, brilliant to see it performing exactly as designed

[@Anthony-bg2pe]

That retro thrust system was the capsule slamming into the ground.

[@vallll6658]

THAT’S WHAT I WAS THINKING!!! 🙊😂 people would be dead

[@jdaddybaker]

I was telling myself the same thing. It hit the ground first. Don't believe the thrusters ever fired.

[@T1Earn]

its hard to see from this distance cause everything blends, but it was behind a hill.. so it looks like it hit hard and sunk in but thats the illusion of falling behind a tiny hill. And of course the dirt flying from the "impact" was the final thrust and not the impact. So in all it looks like it hit hard.. but it didnt .. it fell behind a slightly curved ground and the trusts did its job

[@Rychardewithoutsnow]

@@T1Earn maybe but I would think if the retro rockets fired there would have been a sing in the chut lines, which there was none until it hit the ground, and that hill (from the camera angle) is very small. After the dust settles it still shows 70 to 80% of the capsule after landing.

[@mshell1959]

@@T1Earn Nope!

[@KARO69GRP]

Wow...Kudos to Blue Origin for not panicking and cutting the feed. And big, big, big, Kudos to the announcer. Very well done, and very professional. The force is strong with this one. She stayed on target...

[@herbertbautista8509]

I can hear every gulp in her throat and trying not to cry, indeed she was very professional.

[@kolbesmith1175]

@@herbertbautista8509 no that was just the sound of your girlfriend topping me off in the other room

[@arank777]

All about good optics

[@waynebinky]

Good thing I wasn't the person explaining what was going on.

[@braindeadbogan9272]

If she had been 'very professional' I would imagine she wouldn't have left us for a minute of dead silence..

[@jobosan4855]

It's visually very obviously not stabilized, wobbling all the way up. Amazing recovery.

[@yoyomo777]

You can hear the pain in her voice, so heartbreaking to watch someone have so much passion and joy for something and go through this.

[@bantacommander8744]

Like Shatner when Bezos pissed all over his experience by screaming for champagne like a brat at a debutante's ball.

[@heavypen]

Excellent. Nothing tests emergency escape systems than a real emergency. I'm impressed with the robust engineering on display here. Congratulations, Blue Origin!

[@stanislouse4168]

Robust failure.

[@cmaxi20]

Looks like the engineering is not quite robust enough. Not quite ready for prime time, Jeff.

[@I.Odnamra]

I think it was a planned failure just to prove that it works.

[@cmaxi20]

@@I.Odnamra Seriously?

[@bobbyoftheshire3490]

Great job for a failed launch! Americans don’t surprise me anymore.

[@Xenoyer]

The ride on the emergency escape seems like one hell of an exciting ride! Man-O-man, that would really get the old heart pumping!

[@palmedor9916]

Was there people in the capsule ?

[@francisco5578]

@@palmedor9916 no. just science payload.

[@rmgla464]

They have rides like that at the amusement parks now… just not as high or as expensive! LOL …that is absolutely terrifying!

[@wietsepruijmpie1922]

and you'd pull about 15 g's...

[@MandrakeDCR]

@@francisco5578 All props to SpaceX and other companies and everything, but this definitely just saved somebody millions of dollars on whatever payload they were hauling up there. The thing may look like a giant dong, but it's a good design I have to say.

[@madtownbeamer]

Having successful on-the-fly backup plans impresses me the most. High complexity and volatility applications need this and was a good test.

[@heltondeniss]

True, we only look at the success of launches but never at the ability to solve problems in failure situations.

[@rmstitanic8163]

Well done Blue Origin for having a backup plan if things go wrong. Things go wrong in all fields sometimes. Let's hope its not a too big an issue though. Still looking forward to seeing your larger rocket that was talked about during and after the launch last year with William Shatner aboard.

[@k2l87]

"There goes the retro thrust system" 5 seconds after hard landing

[@ehombane]

yes, but the dust was there as she warned :)

[@carpecervisiam9366]

When it's manned they will tell everyone to jump in the air just before impact

[@xtremecrandon6464]

@@carpecervisiam9366 💀💀

[@djtan3313]

Ikr

[@kovacs88]

That was actually a perfect landing. The thrusters come on just before impact, which is what kicked up all the dust. It happens so close to the ground that it looks like it smashed into the ground, but it didn't.

[@fxstd000]

"There goes the retro-thrust system" I guess I missed that part! Might be a bone-jarring experience if you're unlucky enough to be sitting that ride.

[@garygeorge9648]

Dust cloud came up when it hit the ground. What happened to the rest of it?

[@funnyguy1487]

Yeah... I think the retro-thrust is what caused separation. No juice left for landing.

[@judgeomega]

i dont think youd feel a thing... or at least the chunky salsa that was left of you wouldnt

[@jmp.t28b99]

Used by the Russians for their touchdowns. It happens in a split second .

[@ulooky9420]

@@funnyguy1487 That's what I was thinking, might be a while before we see it fly again.

[@vincentvilasi5108]

I’d love to know how many g’s on landing. The capsule looked like it was still moving pretty fast when it hit.

[@mediamaker]

I see a lot of comments about how amazing it was to see the safety system separate the capsule from the main engine stage, as though it is a new innovation. Those "chicken engines" have been part of the crew capsule escape system since the 60's. In those days I believe the Range Safety officer would control them, although they may have also had an automated system to trigger them as well. So although it is good to see that the computers correctly detected the anomaly and activated the safety abort systems, what I was somewhat concerned about is what appears to have been the failure of the retro thrusters to slow the ground impact to something more survivable. I would have expected the thrusters to really help slow the capsules descent so that it hit the ground at a much lower velocity than it appeared to do.

[@coinexchange1761]

If the astronauts were eggs. They'd have been cracked a bit, maybe even scrambled when the retrorockets failed to fire.

[@xxpoisonblxx]

Looked like the retro-fired touchdown of every manned launch on New Shephard that I've seen. They're uncomfortably late firing. And the capsule's also slow enough on chutes to be fine, and that's even the case after a full sub-orbital hop. Wouldn't want to be standing up on a non-retro landing of it, but properly seated, probably knock the wind out of you for a moment. More shock than damage.

[@mediamaker]

@@xxpoisonblxx yes I see now that the retros did fire, but I too think they are very late, so the deceleration would be pretty tough.

[@robrotondo4881]

I'm going to have to look back at other capsule landings, because I didn't see any ground thrusters. That looked like a very hard landing. Edit: I did have a look at another landing and it does look like there's a quick burst at the last second. Still that one looked a little hard.

[@MarkTarsis]

It looked to me like maybe they fired a meter or two off the ground. That was a lot of dust kickup for just an impact.

[@Roc28210]

Agreed, very hard landing indeed.

[@bagpussmacfarlan9008]

@@Roc28210 Funny as you'd think that would be one of the easiest bits to do!

[@jimmaybee6323]

The main chutes did not deploy for quite some time, they cut the feed to speed and altitude because the thing was plummeting, and the big cloud of dust was not the retro firing but the smacking into the ground ... were there people on board?

[@Bobcat-1967]

Yep, shattered spines all round.

[@Grunchy005]

“There goes the retro-thrust system,” um, no I don’t think so! I think it just crashed hard onto the ground. I think the retro-thrust propellant was all used up by the “anomaly.”

[@orbitron2330]

No that’s not the same system, the abort motor is well a solid rocket motor which is designed to get it away from the failing booster. The retro thrusters use smaller engines designed to break the fall just like the Soyuz capsule.

[@normandedgerly8445]

@@orbitron2330 it is a different system as you said - but I saw no evidence that it fired. That capsule thumped into the ground HARD. The only dust cloud was kicked up by the thump.

[@juniorcasemiro]

@@normandedgerly8445 I thought the same thing, that thing SLAMMED on the ground.

[@mikef1570]

@@juniorcasemiro yeah that thing is toast

[@JimMeeker]

Nope. Different system entirely.

[@MrMatt127]

Well look at the brightside. It was a great example of the escape system working as it should.

[@TheJlook2000]

I admire her enthusiasm

[@alesh-cz]

interesting, at 2:42 the graphics switches to the altitude/speed of the booster which is clearly in free fall. Then at 2:50 the text flips to the booster gaining altitude at 230kft. This makes me wonder wheter the readings shown by Blueorigin in "nominal" flights are actual real-time telemetry or if they are the expected values for the given phase/time of the flight.

[@andrewdancer8520]

I thought exactly the same, also noted no capsule telemetry as it came down? I suspect they didn’t want that public in case the capsule ended up crumpling.

[@cedriceveleigh]

I like how you used the unit kilofeet. It's like you're realizing that the metric system is better. Maybe just use the metric system?

[@alesh-cz]

@@cedriceveleigh there’s no question the metric system is far superior. But aviation traditionally uses feet and my brain would hurt if i had to convert those feet numbers in the video to meters :) given the conversion is 1m = 3.2808398950131 ft

[@nomadicfenceman509]

That seem to be a somewhat successful test of an anomaly situation… though I didn’t see any thrusters firing to ease the impact…. In fact it seem to hit pretty hard from what I could see

[@ismagallego1127]

Because they lost it when the engine exploded, capsule started firing immediately after the explosion and didn't stop, lost all the energy there

[@stevez6499]

I was thinking also that it “touched down” on the hard side.

[@teijeiro74]

Neither did I.

[@spudgamer6049]

Yeah, sure didn't look like any retro thrusters fired. Would like to know the G loading of that impact.

[@mr.beardeddragon921]

The same dust cloud shot up on landing, plus the pressurized landing cushion system operates independently from the launch abort system. So I think everything worked properly on landing too

[@ohrazda1956]

This lady achieved absolute calm while maintaining a reflective tone throughout the mechanical anomaly (?)

[@cansee8637]

Because it’s completely fabricated and pre scripted

[@thecyanadon]

@@cansee8637 no tho

[@oakspines7171]

Good thing Blue Origin is not Facebook or KZbin that would censor launch failure like this in no time.

[@mikejohnson5900]

It's excellent to see the progress made in safety for the crew! Well done in that regard.

[@ontheruntonowhere]

Small correction: passengers, not crew. NS is autonomous.

[@eugenecbell]

@@ontheruntonowhere, who were the passengers?

[@tlsvd5842]

It’s blow up on purpose

[@bryanpinto5819]

Rocket no orbit

[@bryanpinto5819]

Isn't testing done millions of times BEFORE launch?

[@allen2879]

You can see that the engine exploded and then the rocket started leaning to one side and the capsule jettisoned off, thanks for showing all the footage, but this is a huge problem

[@nottheshepherd1729]

Congrats on your successful test of the crew capsule escape system.

[@FlyinBrian777]

An unplanned event is the best test for the crew safety system. Hats off, well done.

[@ZoSoPage1977]

There was no "retro-thrust system", that capsule smashed to the ground!

[@ProctorsGamble]

That’s why they turned off the speed display on the screen

[@104thebigguy6]

They would all have died for sure.

[@phumlanimancaku3722]

@@ProctorsGamble thanks for explaining that, I was still asking myself as to why they didn't show speed info till the end

[@mikebevan1034]

@@ProctorsGamble Doesn't seem the telemetry data was reliable. At around @3:10 the altitude went from about 700 feet above sea level to over 245,000 while continually falling.

[@dlivex9492]

Obviously the thrusters system did work as you see all that dust gone to the air.

[@tomm21]

2:51 Someone should look into why the telemetry display was giving readouts for parts of the flight that didn't happen. It obviously wasn't coming from the booster or capsule.

[@blueskies613]

That 2xx,xxx altitude number was the scariest part of the video for me as a software developer. I get a knot thinking what a number that far off could do to a system that wasn't expecting it.

[@leewolf6434]

It’s probably just a estimated caption to put on the KZbin feed rather than an actual live feed from control.

[@tomm21]

@@leewolf6434 That was what I was hinting at. If they are fudging those numbers, what else might they be fudging. Wouldn't it suck for all the paying customers to find out that maybe they were a little short of the target and they have to give their shiny and really expensive little wings back.

[@leewolf6434]

@@tomm21 well we all know it doesn’t “really” go to space anyway.

[@Mr.GigaChad]

Blue Origins, even turning "failures" into success. Fascinating.

[@andys.4013]

Man that's gotta be so tough on Blue Origin's Mission Control. It seemed like they were holding their breath that the chutes would deploy from the crew capsule.

[@mediamaker]

Yes, they seemed to be on drogues for a VERY long drop.

[@Lordjerm78]

I am happy to see the escape system work as well as it did. Good job BO

[@thedoopa3169]

Lol it's funny cause bo stands for body oder too

[@roydunn2865]

I'm happy to hear cargo referred to as payload so I know what to call future people they shoot into space

[@sommeone4582]

Looked like a hard landing, hopefully more details will be released or maybe intense study of video could determine speeds and forces applied to payload

[@greslycraane1986]

It worked? Well after abort the capsule was tumbling insane. Don't talk about the landing. If this is the abort for payload only ok. I hope for humans there is another abort. Less tumbling and a real 16/17mph landing.

[@adarsh4764]

Her voice was shaky and she chuckled 3 times meaning how scared she got after that booster fail! The anxiety among the mission control would have been through the roof! Gladly the LES did its job fluently!

[@NateDecker1982]

Fluently?

[@denji7696]

@@NateDecker1982 lol

[@albertperson4013]

With all respect, I heard terror in her voice.

[@physicsguybrian]

There was NO apparent retro-thrust. No visible deceleration whatsoever. Hell of an impact!

[@esmajor]

I always wondered why, many years ago, they landed them in the ocean. Now I kinda see it.... ouch.

[@danrodrigues3531]

That landing looked brutal from this perspective...

[@TrenchToast]

Kudos to the safety detachment. Looks like that landing could use a little more work though.

[@mikeroll8515]

I noticed that too. Crew capsule seems to hit the desert floor pretty hard...hope the seats are padded!! Cancel my flight, I'll be happy to just watch on KZbin.

[@blakespower]

you guys are dumb, the reason you see all that dust is retro rockets fire a split second before it hits the ground to stop a hard landing

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

My interpretation is that the dust was from a last moment burst from the engines to cushion the landing, not from an excessively hard landing.

[@T1Earn]

its hard to see from this distance cause everything blends, but it was behind a hill.. so it looks like it hit hard and sunk in but thats the illusion of falling behind a tiny hill. And of course the dirt flying from the "impact" was the final thrust and not the impact. So in all it looks like it hit hard.. but it didnt .. it fell behind a slightly curved ground and the trusts did its job

[@titerado]

That was not impact dust, she tells you at 5:47 that it was the retro firing

[@synchro505]

The capsule has some serious and impressive thrust (engine?) power of its own. Amazing.

[@jeandeaux2129]

Yes----u guessed right, the thrust comes from the engine....

[@TheFlyingZulu]

it's much lighter than the rest of the rocket... so it doesn't need a lot of thrust to get out of the danger zone fast. lol

[@ignar914]

@@jeandeaux2129 😈

[@Jake-nx3oj]

Except they didnt work on the landing IMO. The lady says the "retro thrust system" kicks in to soften the landing but it looked to me it never did. And the dust got kicked up by the harsh landing.

[@michaels3003]

@@Jake-nx3oj , they use the Russian landing method where explosive charges are fired for a split of the second to create a cushion of compressed air.

[@sonnydethier2916]

Gratz to that woman for jeeping her shit together and to Blue Origin for making a failure a success. Good job!

[@Zakkarath]

It's great to see 60 year old technology still working....

[@Rick_Foley]

Few will get that one...

[@marilynevans8436]

Sarcasm

[@cadcncengineeringfabricati3497]

Designed by the greatest generation!

[@nat0106951]

🤣👌🏻 there is something wierd in the comments 🤣 maybe its all sarcasm or they are already tired making fun of jeff bezos dick rocket or maybe its cringe for em for now.

[@jameshodgkins559]

Technology was better in the 1960s then today 🤪

[@mdees88]

It's impressive to watch how quick the capsule escaped after the anomaly with the booster. Glad they shared the footage....

[@kg4boj]

That landing where it got crushed and imploded didn't look at all survivable!

[@kovacs88]

@@kg4boj That was actually a perfect landing. The thrusters come on just before impact, which is what kicked up all the dust. It happens so close to the ground that it looks like it smashed into the ground, but it didn't. That's why it's still standing there afterwards.

[@mdees88]

@@kg4bojthe capsule didn't implode or crash. The big dust cloud is from the rockets firing, not it hitting the ground. That landing looked like all the rest to me...

[@kg4boj]

@@mdees88 Looks like they used up all the rockets in the escape. They also cut the speedometer off... Maybe all they needed to survive was the instrument data but if a person was in there they'd look like a jellyfish after slamming into the ground so hard.

[@mdees88]

@@kg4boj the retro rockets for landing and the abort rocket are different and use different fuels. The retro rockets definitely fired because that's what kicked up all the dust. Maybe they fired a little late, idk. All their landings look hard to me.

[@Shredderbox]

Saying that the NS vehicle is “headed to space” is super generous. Under normal launch conditions the capsule sticks a pinky toe above the Karman Line, and the whole launch to landing is completed in under 10 minutes time.

[@p53k]

Opposed to many comments the retro-thrust system on landing did work. If it didnt, there wouldnt be so much dust and you can see the capsule is closer to the ground after the dust appears (watch video in .25 speed). Furthermore it's designed that the passengers are not harmed severely if retro-thrust fails - it makes landing just more comfortable.

[@MaddieGraffeo]

👏👏👏👏👏 Amazing work on the crew capsule's safety!!! Thank you for not cutting the feed Blue Origin. Great footage.

[@rightway4183]

I'm assuming If the landing thrusters worked, you should be seen the dust clouds upon the capsule reached at hunderds of feet above the ground. But that's the dust clouds by the ground impact.

[@Locke99GS]

You can just look at other successful landings to see what it actually looks like when it functions. Spoiler: It looks just like this.

[@mr.beardeddragon921]

@@Locke99GS thank you! So many people trying to fault that part of this in particular. It worked exactly the same as it always has

[@macandfries6765]

The safety systems worked as intended. The thrust is a very high thrust for a split second, which is what kicked up all the dust. It's a perfect landing for that system.

[@tjerkkersten2191]

This just shows how quick a launch abort system works. And how well it works

[@chrislee8126]

Incredibly impressive escape system, well done blue origin on the safety features.

[@syx3s]

that would have been a wild ride. i appreciate how as soon as the main engine blew out a massive flare the capsule instantly ejected. this should make everyone more confident that the emergency systems work.

[@syx3s]

i mean, blue origin can barely launch a small rocket, but at least their safety systems work. 🤣

[@Been.Here.Since.2007]

It literally crashed into the ground. Pretty sure that wasn't safe.

[@dubuque1]

@@syx3s And I still can't get over what the rocket looks like.

[@j.ramirez7865]

We’re there people in board?😮

[@MarcoCjOrg]

@@j.ramirez7865 no, it was uncrewed

[@whiterock1865]

Yes, even though there was an anomaly the safety was impressive because if there were people in there, it’s good to see that they very likely would survive

[@Been.Here.Since.2007]

It smacked into the ground 🤣

[@maximek5616]

@@Been.Here.Since.2007 it didn't. the thrusters fired briefly right at the end causing smoke clouds :)

[@otacuboy]

@@maximek5616 Yeah, Americans are used to land on water so they think everybody do it that way.

[@arturodelagarza9028]

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE G FORCES WITH ESCAPE SYSTEM .

[@IMBMaxxx]

Watch it again. The thrusters also failed.

[@res1mp7q]

Wonderful execution chaps.

[@jukio02]

1:12 You can see at the bottom of the rocket, there was a rupture. It started tilting the rocket sideways.

[@SLagonia]

On the plus side, the escape system works perfectly.

[@paullandreville5394]

Like saying, "I bought a new car, and the air bags deployed perfectly."

[@Stalwartandstaunch]

🤣😂🤣

[@joeskis]

yeah until you break your spine from the ground impact.

[@IMBMaxxx]

Not really. Watch it again. The retro thrusters also failed and capsule hit the ground hard.

[@canyonblue737-8]

@@IMBMaxxx not true. every landing of this system is like that. the retro thrusters always fire so close to the ground they are impossible to see and the impact looks like it did't slow at all. that was a totally normal, safe landing, and the thrusters absolutely fired at landing.

[@stefankrause5138]

"Captain, can we go back, I think I forgot to feed the cat" "no prob, buddy!"

[@JohnBr0]

Aww you can hear the sadness in her voice.

[@scottchambard7512]

The dust seems to have been the result of hard impact not retro thrusters

[@seancooper7325]

Nope.

[@sanjosemike3137]

Very hard landing. I wonder if it was "survivable?" We didn't hear about its velocity as it approached the desert floor and no retrorockets fired to reduce the contact velocity. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@SteichenFamily]

Yeah, the anouncer says they fired, but that's just part of the script. I didn't see any fire, and a human occupant would have needed some serious chiropractic care after that touchdown 🤷

[@christopheraguilar44]

I was scrolling down to see if someone else was thinking the same thing haha

[@sanjosemike3137]

I think I can say, based upon the video, with certainty that the retros DID NOT fire. To me, it looked like the escape capsule hit the ground at least 60 mph. That speed is probably not survivable. The shock would cause the human occupants to go into shock and damage some major cardiac blood vessels. I do not regard this as a success. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA) Retired surgeon

[@salutsouris5030]

@@sanjosemike3137 the retro thrusters are practically a small explosion that activates a splitsecond before impact which slows down the capsule for a impact around 5km/h. the soyuz capsules use them and if you watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYrUiGOoeaqdpKc you'll see that it looks almost the same as to the blue origin's one and also here's a video of what the astronauts look like during said landings kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Szg4Ksf5mYp5Y

[@sanjosemike3137]

@@salutsouris5030 Maybe the sight of the retro thrusters was disrupted by the sand and dirt on the ground kicked up, covering it up on contact. I could not see them. That does not mean they didn't fire. Thanks for the update. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@scottramson4591]

Sorry for the anomaly, Although Great Job on Safety First! Showing this works very well is an Amazing Accomplishment within itself

[@wartem]

It made it for a whole minute. Impressive!

[@i-_-am-_-g1467]

and it's heading to "space" what they really mean is it's going to briefly be in space for 6km, or about 15 seconds

[@barryervin8536]

"Space Exploration" has been scaled back now to "Up In The Air Pretty High Exploration".

[@Live.Vibe.Lasers]

go orbital or go home.

[@Been.Here.Since.2007]

Agreed. When we've got SpaceX docking with the ISS, there's no need for this sideshow act and the excuses. This was amazing at one time, and that time is over.

[@TM-529]

Would be nice if they come clean and stop saying "up to space" - this blue origin thing doesn't even come close to "space" - at 300.000ft of altitude the gravity is almost the same as at sea level, the "astronauts" never float in zero gravity, instead they are falling like stone inside a capsule - some times called negative G's, jump from a ladder and you will be at "zero G" for an instant, they just do it for a whole 3 minutes. By the way...low orbit is 6.000.000ft - The trick here is that by international consensus "space" altitude is set at a VERY low altitude and has noting to do with what most people assume when hear zero gravity which is ORBIT or actual NO gravity.

[@Tscaperock]

I would like to know how fast the capsule was traveling when it hit the desert floor. The thruster for slowing down the capsule did not fire before impact.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

Yet she stated, "there is the retro thrust system." I failed to see it engage as well.

[@Anthony-bg2pe]

The retro thrust system was the capsule slamming into earth.

[@kiloechocharliekool2151]

Of course it fired, that's what created the dust, not an impact which wouldn't have kicked up nearly as much ...

[@Mister_Durden]

@@Anthony-bg2pe a kinetic deceleration instead of chemical.....

[@maaingan]

@@Anthony-bg2pe the system successfully brings the expensive space suits back as intended. dump out the bones and hose out the goo, and they are perfectly fine to reuse for the next attempt

[@petermaver8466]

Good luck Blue Origin and remember the road to experience is paved with mistakes.

[@andrewroberts5988]

I feel sorry for their loss. But there is success amid the failure, it seems. The capsule survived. I wish them success in finding and fixing the problem in future launches. I guess it really is rocket science. ;) The safety features worked amid the "off-nominal situation". Well put!

[@Timmyfromphilly1994]

I think the coolest part is that everything is all controlled by the computer. So it sensed something was off and it jettisoned to main engine, not somebody on the ground hitting an abort button. Really cool and impressive technology.

[@chris47374]

The retros failedto fire the capsule hit ground at 150mph OUCH

[@vashcrimson4395]

i thought the coolest part was when the altimeter kept indicating the exploded booster was still climbing even after the capsule was under chutes

[@fivespeed42]

@@chris47374 i was gonna say... the lady said the retro boosts fired off allowing a soft landing, but it sure didn't look like it. Damn, idk if that actually was survivable

[@chris47374]

@@fivespeed42 deff not 150mph straight to the ground everyone DOA

[@coolaid7005]

@@chris47374 Source: Your ass. The retro thrusters worked fine. Provide a source that says otherwise. I'll wait.

[@jimnasium452]

The retro thrust system looks indistinguishable from impacting the ground.

[@michaelreilly569]

Question: Did the retro thrust system activate only when the capsule slammed into the ground? That's what it looked like. Am I correct that the astronauts would have been killed on impact?

[@jg5875]

Thought the same thing. Even when watching it at 0.25 speed

[@williambell4591]

You saved me from typing the SAME question! SMACK goes the retro rockets onto the ground!

[@rainierhoeglmeier9786]

Same thought here the dust appeard from the impact not a thrust system.

[@arnold3414]

@@michaelreilly569 I doubt they would have died, but it sure didn't look like a gentle touchdown.

[@InsaneActual]

the escape manuver worked perfectly!

[@Bhines1982]

Thank GOD. I can’t even imagine if that had gone the other way.

[@fransezomer]

Am I the only person who did not see any thrusters light up before touch down? Looked to me as if they just crashed into the dirt at considerable speed too. Still, very impressive to see the detachment from the rocket...

[@MrWguts]

The retros worked fine, its just very short

[@macandfries6765]

The safety systems worked as intended. The thrust is a very high thrust for a split second, which is what kicked up all the dust. It's a perfect landing for that system.

[@bantacommander8744]

@@macandfries6765 Wow, do all you Amazon shills copy and paste the same phrases or what?

[@macandfries6765]

@@bantacommander8744 man fuck amazon! I just like space travel and I'm tired of people not understanding how this landing works

[@mizzyride]

Good on them for not "cutting to the weather". This safety feature is absolutely amazing. The way it thrust the capsule away from harm, then the great landing.

[@bIametheniIe]

If it was the early 1960s, maybe the capsule separating and slamming into the ground would seem amazing, but we're not and live in the 2020s.

[@macandfries6765]

@@bIametheniIe it didnt slam into the ground, that's how this system works. It's a split second thrust

[@gruisman]

@@macandfries6765 just think about the gforces those people would have to go through... broken spine. brain hemorage... if the rocket was just a rocket instead of a flying dildo...

[@JcRabbit]

@Karl with a K Actually I thought so too, but when I compared it to Capitain Kirk's successful landing last year it looked pretty much the same? In the latter you don't see the retros firing either, just a gigantic cloud of dust.

[@chris47374]

The retros failedto fire the capsule hit ground at 150mph OUCH

[@tminust7369]

That GULP @ 3:48 though… Kudos to all the people working for the advancement of our space program.

[@trendynow1369]

They: How much cgi should we use? Them: Yes.

[@tomster70]

If you're going to learn, you have to show the successes and failures. The emergency capsule seperation appeared to work as designed. I think the landing was pretty hard. Not sure if rockets fired.

[@Sir.Fisher]

If you read some of the expert analysis on here, the landing booster system failed, but, also didnt fail and worked as intended .... got to love experts

[@tommullaney8714]

Think they did that was an awfully large dust bloom and if you watch at .25x it appears it was still not down, but it did look a little hard lol.

[@rohitnautiyal7090]

If did look like that it fired at all

[@thetrevster6983]

if there were people inside every single one of them would of had injuries because that capsule landed extremely hard

[@jasontipton8430]

i consider that a success the launch escape system worked perfectly although i think this rocket is a big waste of time and money

[@fredricbethune7803]

Man! That thing hit very hard. Although a crew might survive I doubt they wouldn’t be injured in some regard. Count me out flying with these guys.

[@Encolas]

The puff of dirt in the final seconds is normal. Extra thrust is added to further soften the landing.

[@arlaban22]

The retro thrust was blown to smithereens in the explosion...they hit like a rock.

[@fabmes9579]

@Burr Anderson Retro-thrust system fired when it didnt fire , that capssule hit the floor , with no thrust to slow down

[@stonehaven2289]

Yeah if anyone had been in that capsule they would probably be in critical condition and wouldn't be like to fly Blue Origin again 😂

[@enzomolinari9141]

What back up thrust retro rockets on the landing?

[@monk1776]

I don't consider this a failure, the safety of a crew is the most important and to see it work as designed is a plus. Obviously the system detected a problem with the launch and ejected the crew cabin👏👏👏🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@EasyOilPainting]

The Retro Thrusters never kicked in..it was a very hard landing..the pod will be badly damaged..

[@NaldzHobbySide]

yea its a hard landing, i didn't see any thruster

[@cinnac0n]

It looked the same as it usually does.

[@hgbugalou]

It kicked in, the dust is kicked up before impact if you look closely.

[@GatewaySpace]

It's probably the unusual camera view that's fooling you. Thrusters and parachutes seem to have worked just fine, and the commentator confirmed it.

[@Trex531]

The retro thrusters DID fire.

[@frankianthony155]

Did not see the retro thrust fire. It looked like a very hard landing 🤔

[@marcmcreynolds2827]

They did.

[@mikebevan1034]

@@marcmcreynolds2827 Interesting that no dust kicked up then before the capsule hit the ground. (Slow mo shows)

[@k2l87]

Apparently the thrusters activate like an inch from the ground according to other comments. Makes no sense to me. If u ask me, i say that thing slammed the ground hard with no thrusters slwing it down

[@mikebevan1034]

@@k2l87 Makes no sense to me either. My personal belief is that time will show the retro thrusters didn't work as intended. Guess we'll see...

[@marcmcreynolds2827]

​@@k2l87 It's more like a meter, but given the descent rate, distance and ground irregularities good luck ever seeing it. It always looks like it "hit the ground". But the retro dust is unmistakable, looking the same every time whether BO or Soyuz. I've seen plenty of things slam into a desert floor even at terminal velocity, and there's virtually no dust compared to this. You simply don't get that effect from an impact, especially an "impact" under parachute. My guess is the exploding-rocket aspect brought in a lot of new viewers who had never seen this sort of landing system in operation before. But it was an average landing by all appearances.

[@Pensacola-Handyman]

Anticipation for the shuts to deploy... Wow!

[@Sharon_McCluskey]

Thank you for not censoring the video

[@jayrad1973]

As far as the safety system I really didn't see the Retro thrust come on in time this hit the ground pretty damn hard

[@utvupgrade1513]

Exactly

[@ITUMBLE4U]

Looked like a pancake to me, too.

[@machineenvyllc437]

replayed at slow mo..... couldn't see it this time either.

[@Hotspur37]

thought the same thing

[@jlh55]

Yes it hit hard any guesses how fast it was going when it hit the ground

[@StevieWonder737]

That's a damned hard landing. Survive the "anomaly" and end up with a broken back from a 4G impact

[@justinwmusic]

😊Earth provides only 1G of acceleration by definition, and the velocity was much reduced by the parachutes. Still looked like a painful landing.

[@StevieWonder737]

@@justinwmusic Try jumping off a 10 story building and get back to me after your 1G landing. Where do you get this from? Broken internet?