The massive New Glenn rocket from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has been cleared for flight again following an April failure. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorized the resumption of flights after a malfunction in the upper stage prevented the delivery of a commercial payload to orbit. This is reported by Techcrunch.com reports .
According to the company's statement on the X social network, a "non-nominal thermal condition" occurred in the upper stage of the New Glenn rocket. This caused one of the three engines to produce lower thrust than expected. As a result, the AST SpaceMobile satellite, which Blue Origin was supposed to deliver to orbit, burned up in the Earth's atmosphere.
Blue Origin submitted a report on the incident to the FAA and took necessary "corrective actions," though the specifics of these measures were not disclosed. The malfunction occurred during the third flight of the New Glenn rocket, although other parts of the flight were successful.
During this flight, the company reused the New Glenn booster stage for the first time and successfully landed it on a drone ship platform in the ocean for the second time. The flight clearance allows Blue Origin to return to its aggressive schedule of 12 planned launches by the end of 2026.
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