Now Blue Origin is the first to relaunch a used sub-orbital rocket.
Video of the launch was titled Launch.
Im a huge fan of rocket-powered vertical landing, he said in the statement.
And the vertical landing architecture scales extraordinarily well.
From the announcement:
Its like a pilot lining up a plane with the centerline of the runway.
You just land a few feet left or right of the centerline.
The crew capsule parachutes as well as the pyro igniters were replaced in preparation for Fridays launch.
Blue Origin conducted functional and avionics checkouts, and made several software improvements, according to the news release.
The video also shows the crew capsule separation and touch down in West Texas.
The capsule parachute deploys slowing it down from 15 mph to 3 mph before landing.
Bezos noted that their New Shephard vehicle is the smallest booster that they will build.
Larger, orbital vehicles are next on the Blue Origin to-do list.
Were already more than three years into development of our first orbital vehicle.
I hope to share details about this first orbital vehicle this year, he said.
New Shepard will be launched and landed again and again this year, said Bezos.
source: www.techworm.net
