Blue Origin rocket fell after takeoff, no injuries

Jeff Bezos announced that the Blue Origin rocket launcher crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday, September 12 in West Texas, adding that the capsule was able to separate from the rest of the rocket.

“Launcher malfunction during a drone flight today”first advertised the company, then stated that the capsule ejection system worked as expected. ‘No injuries’“Blue Origin,” he said.

A video clip shows, about a minute after takeoff, the capsule activating its emergency engines and exiting the main launch pad at full speed, then escorted by parachutes, and its hard landing. The video does not show what happened to the launcher, as the company wrote that “Fell to the ground”while in case of success he should return to standing gently.

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The capsule, unmanned, carried research equipment only for this so-called mission “New Shepard 23”.

The US civil aviation regulator, the FAA, announced that it prevented any further take-off of this missile during the investigation. The capsule landed safely and the bomber landed in the danger zone.wrote the Federal Agency.

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