Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard rocket - Reuters

Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard rocket lifted off from Texas in its first mission since a failure last year led to a 15-month grounding.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard rocket lifted off from Texas on Tuesday carrying research payloads, a company live stream showed, in its first mission since a failure last year led to a 15-month grounding.

New Shepard, the company's only active rocket that can carry humans and cargo on short trips to and from the brim of space, lifted off from Blue Origin's remote Van Horn, Texas launch site at 10:42 a.m. CT (1642 GMT).

It soared to space for a few minutes 66 miles (106 km) above ground before its reusable rocket booster returned back to land in tact, completing its ninth trip to space.

At peak altitude, the booster deployed 33 research experiments encapsulated in a gumdrop-shaped pod, which also softly returned to land under parachutes minutes later.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/blue-origin-launches-first-new-shepard-flight-since-grounding-2023-12-19/