Blue Origin Advances LC-36 Rebuild for Year-End New Glenn Return to Flight

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Blue Origin Advances LC-36 Rebuild for Year-End New Glenn Return to Flight, according to NASASpaceFlight. Four months after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad, the company… The post Blue Origin Advances LC-36 Rebuild for Year-End New Glenn Return to Flight appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com . Four months after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad, the company remains on track to return to flight before year-end. Blue Origin is an aerospace company based in Kent, and its products and services include New Glenn.

With roughly three months remaining, attention is focused on whether reconstruction of Launch Complex-36 (LC-36) is approaching the halfway mark. LC-36 Reconstruction The most visually apparent changes involve the pad towers.

Before the explosion, two structures stood: the support tower and the lightning tower. The blast toppled the lightning tower and caused structural damage to the support tower, bending beams.