Blue Origin Makes Historic Rocket Landing

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Blue Origin Makes Historic Rocket Landing


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Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space, reaching its planned test altitude of 329,839 feet (100.5 kilometers) before executing a historic landing back at the launch site in West Texas.


Blue Origin has reported to have made a controlled landing on solid ground with its New Shepard rocket.

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In the video below, Blue Origin, which was started by Amazonès Jeff Bezos, demonstratess its most recent launch of its New Shepard space vehicle. During the test mission, its BE-3 rocket and crew capsule were launched to a height of 62 miles. Then, the capsule made a controlled landing, falling to the ground under a parachute.

The BE-3 rocket also began its own controlled descent, when its own rockets fired at 5,000 feet. It then descended into a tidy, vertical landing, touching the ground in one piece.


SOURCE  Blue Origin


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