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We are celebrating the renaissance of Test Stand 4670! NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration built the towering structure in 1965 to help power the first missions to the Moon. Now under lease to Blue Origin, the revitalized test stand has surpassed 200 rocket engine hot fire tests in its lifetime, and is still going strong. NASA Chief Historian Brian Odom said: “Test Stand 4670 is an excellent example of how our current space program stands on the shoulders of the past. Congrats to Blue Origin for bringing our history alive while making some of its own!” From the archives, check out the test stand in its early days: https://lnkd.in/eqM-5eAC
You have to hand it to the engineers & technicians who designed, constructed, and tested 100's of rocket engines, back in the 1960-70's. The Herman Leon Pickens children felt those roaring engines, while living in North Huntsville Alabama, which inspired my becoming a US Navy electronic technician, and my little brother, Tim Pickens a rocket propulsion engineer, and our older brother Randy Pickens, becoming our family's NASA historian. He has more space models than any museum I'm aware of. 🚀 ⚛️ A few years ago, Tim took us Pickens men on a Redstone Arsenal field trip. https://youtu.be/Mmb8JQ0ibQs?si=Radh3B73Hy4ppEtm
It is really cool that Blue Origin has revitalized and transformed NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 's Test Stand 4670. It's awesome to hear the progress being made with the BE3 and BE4 engine programs.
This is what it is all about and look how far we have traveled since.
Excelente la historia que ha pasado y la que vendrá estaré atento.
It is wonderful to see history repeat in the benefit of space exploration. Awesome!
What a great old test stand! I worked there from 1977 to 1979 on the shuttle LH2 external tank qualifications.
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Amazing strides!
Principal Chief Engineer -- Model Based Enterprise
1moHaving spent several years at the Stennis Space Center testing the Space Shuttle Main Engine / RS-25, the J-2X, and the RS-68/A, but now living in Huntsville, it is so awesome to be so much closer to the action -- to hear, feel, and even see the test from a hillside in South Huntsville. Now a recurring reminder of the roots of the Rocket City.