Blue Origin’s recent NS-23 flight didn’t go according to plan. On Monday morning, the private space firm was forced to abort the uncrewed mission after one of its New Shepard rockets suffered an unspecified “booster failure.” The problem came up about a minute after the flight took off from Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site […]
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An uncrewed rocket from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin failed just over a minute after launch
Blue Origin, founded by billion Jeff Bezos, saw its first major incident on Monday. Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press A Blue Origin rocket with no crew onboard failed just over a minute after liftoff on Monday. The New Shepard rocket, launched from Blue Origin's West Texas facility, carried cargo for research. A livestream of the launch showed […]