SPACE reports that Blue Origin’s first mission “in more than 15 months was officially delayed on Monday (Dec. 18) after a last-minute scrub.” Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle “was originally supposed to lift off as early as 9:30 a.m. EST (1430 GMT or 8:30 a.m. EST) on Monday.” Following a one-hour delay “due to cold temperatures at the company’s West Texas site, however, Blue Origin announced a scrub on X, formerly known as Twitter.” Officials said, “We’re scrubbing #NS24 today due to a ground system issue the team is troubleshooting. We’ll provide a new launch target for this week soon.”
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NASA Delays Test Flights of X-59 to 2024
Aviation Week in paywalled coverage reports NASA “has pushed back the first flight of the X-59 low-boom supersonic demonstrator to 2024 after a series of subsystem issues encountered during check-out tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, late this summer proved harder to solve than expected.”
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Storm Delays SpaceX Launch while Artemis I Remains on Launchpad for Now
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX has pushed back the flight of its next Falcon 9 rocket from Tuesday to Saturday as Subtropical Storm Nicole threatens the east coast of Florida, officials said Monday.” However, NASA is still keeping Artemis I on the Kennedy Space Center launchpad for its launch attempt next week. SpaceX is now scheduling its launch for Saturday for delivery of Intelsat’s Galaxy 31 and 32.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Production Hampered by Production Flaws
The Wall Street Journal reports on issues with the production of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Dreamliner is the first aircraft produced by The Boeing Company that relies on parts produced by a global network of suppliers.
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