![]() ![]() ![]() (There are other steps along this path as well, including "hot fire" tests of fully integrated engines on the launch pad.) The engine that failed on June 30 was undergoing an "acceptance test" (APT), which looks for issues with individual units before flight. The BE-4 has already been qualified for flight, meaning its overall design is sound, ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno stressed via Twitter on Tuesday. And the latter company - a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin - doesn't seem to view it as a major problem at the moment. Investigators have already determined the proximate cause of the anomaly "and are working on remedial actions," the statement added.īlue Origin added that it immediately made ULA aware of the incident. "No personnel were injured, and we are currently assessing root cause," Blue Origin representatives said, according to Sheetz. Blue Origin confirmed that detail, as well as the testing incident, in a statement sent to CNBC. The engine was being prepped to fly on the second launch of Vulcan Centaur, Sheetz wrote. People familiar with the anomaly "described having seen video of a dramatic explosion that destroyed the engine and heavily damaged the test stand infrastructure," Sheetz wrote. The BE-4 - the engine that will power Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket and United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur - exploded about 10 seconds into the test, which Blue Origin conducted at its West Texas facility on June 30, CNBC's Michael Sheetz reported on Tuesday (July 11). ![]() One of Blue Origin's powerful BE-4 rocket engines suffered a dramatic failure during testing last month, according to CNBC. ![]()
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