Blue Origin Will Test Alabama-Made Rocket Engines At Historic NASA Site
By Jerry UnderwoodMade in Alabama
Private space company Blue Origin will refurbish the historic test stands at Marshall Space Flight Center to support testing of the BE-3U and BE-4 rocket engines built at a new Blue Origin facility in Huntsville.
Test Stand 4670 served as the backbone for Saturn V propulsion testing for the Apollo program, which delivered man to the moon 50 years ago.
“We’re excited to welcome Blue Origin to our growing universe of commercial partners,” Marshall Center Director Jody Singer said. “This agreement ensures the test stand will be used for the purpose it was built.”Following the Apollo program, Test Stand 4670 was modified to support testing of the space shuttle external tank and main engine systems. The facility, constructed in 1965, has been inactive since 1998.
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