Damen Shipyards has delivered a barge to aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company Blue Origin. On September 4, the vessel arrived at its home port in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will support Blue Origin’s aerospace operations.
The vessel – called Jacklyn – will be deployed as a sea-based landing platform for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket programme. The vessel will serve as a solid and secure platform for rocket recoveries.
Speaking after the Jacklyn’s arrival at Cape Canaveral, Damen’s Area Manager North America Marnix Brouwer said, “We are proud to be able to contribute to this groundbreaking space mission. We thank Blue Origin for the trust placed in the team here at Damen. We wish Blue Origin all the success with the New Glenn space programme.”
About Blue Origin
Blue Origin was founded with a vision of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Blue Origin envisions a time when people can tap into the limitless resources of space and enable the movement of damaging industries into space to preserve Earth, humanity’s blue origin.
Blue Origin is working today to create that future by developing reusable launch vehicles and in-space systems that are safe, low cost, and serve the needs of all civil, commercial, and defense customers. Blue Origin’s efforts include flying astronauts to space on New Shepard, producing reusable liquid rocket engines, developing an orbital launch vehicle with New Glenn, building next-generation space habitats, and returning to the surface of the Moon. These endeavors will add new chapters to the history of spaceflight and move all of humanity closer to that founding vision.
