Reusable unmanned rocket success again

An unmanned rocket has launched and landed again in Texas, marking the fourth successful mission for a space company owned by the chief of Amazon.

The private space company run by Amazon chief executive officer Jeff Bezos has completed its fourth successful unmanned rocket launch and safe landing in West Texas using the same vehicle.

Blue Origin officials say the latest New Shephard rocket launch took place on Sunday morning near Van Horn, with the rocket landing upright with Bezos tweeting: "Successful mission."

New Shepard consists of a capsule designed to take people into space for suborbital flights, along with a booster.

The Washington state-based company also launched New Shepard on November 23, January 22 and April 2 from the same site.


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Published 20 June 2016 10:02am
Source: AAP


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