Now as for the rocket, as it descended it re-ignited at about, 5,000 feet to slow down, and it began to stabilize about 50 feet from the ground, landing at just under 5 miles an hour.īlue Origin did have a test flight in April that failed to land. That whole trip for the capsule, it was just 11 minutes from take off to landing. The capsule then dropped back down to earth, with parachutes breaking the fall. It travels at 3.72 times the speed of sound, with the crew capsule separating at the edge of the atmosphere.īlue Origin created this animation to show the eventual goal of having tourists Float weightless for a few minutes to see the planet below, but of course, there were no humans aboard this test flight. The rocket, named New Shepherd, launched from west Texas on Monday at 11:21 AM central time. This is a game changer in making space flight more affordable.īecause rockets only get used once and then they're discarded. It's funded and led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The historic landing was completed by private space flight company Blue Origin. I'm Bridget Carey, this is your CNET Update.įor the first time, a rocket designed for human passengers has launched into space and landed back on Earth gently in one piece. History has been made, we're living in the age of the reusable space rocket.
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