Blue Origin has blamed the explosion of its New Glenn rocket in May on a faulty valve that controls oxygen flow into one of its engines.

A ⁠massive explosion ​of ‌Blue Origin's ‌centerpiece ⁠New Glenn ⁠rocket in May was ​triggered ​by an issue ⁠with one ⁠of ⁠the rocket's ​BE-4 engines, the ​company's ⁠CEO ⁠said on Wednesday as it races ⁠to return the vehicle to flight later this ⁠year.

Blue Origin has made considerable progress in its New Glenn anomaly investigation, tracing the problem to a faulty valve in one of the rocket's first-stage engines.

Blue Origin confirmed that the May 28 New Glenn explosion originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the rocket's BE-4 first-stage engines.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will be making her third spacewalk of 2026. She'll be joined outside the International Space Station by Anil Menon.

Astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured out to install a mounting hardware for the future addition of solar arrays to the space station.

Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon, along with his colleague Jessica Meir on Friday concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station to assemble a modification kit for its power channel,

Indian-origin astronaut Anil Menon embarks on his first spacewalk today. He will join Jessica Meir to strengthen the orbiting laboratory's power system. This mission prepares the International Space Station for next-generation solar panels.