{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5680", "Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chair Beyer Statement on Blue Origin New Shepard-23 Booster Failure", "2022-09-12", "2022", "2022-09", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Donald S. Beyer, Jr.", "B001292", "beyer.house.gov", "beyer", "https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Blue Origin\u2019s commercial suborbital launch vehicle, New Shepard-23 (NS-23), which launched from its launch site in West Texas, suffered a booster failure that caused the vehicle\u2019s crew escape system to activate. The vehicle, which was reportedly carrying science payloads, was uncrewed and no humans were on board. However, the same booster design is used for the company\u2019s commercial launches with humans, with six such crewed launches being carried out in just over a year.\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s booster failure of NS-23 is a compelling reminder of the risks of spaceflight,\u201d said Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairman Don Beyer (D-VA). \u201cAs Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology\u2019s Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I take our oversight role in this area very seriously. I will await further information from the FAA\u2019s Office of Commercial Space Transportation as it begins its investigation of the anomaly experienced today. As commercial human spaceflight is now a reality, the Subcommittee\u2019s work on the safety of commercial human spaceflight is more important than ever.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://beyer.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5680"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8996159303933382, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}