Blue Origin Ascent-abort Test An Apparent Success

Credit: Blue Origin
Engineers at Blue Origin validated the “full-envelope” escape system for its six-seat suborbital passenger capsule with a successful Oct. 5 abort test 16,000 ft. above the West Texas desert. A New Shepard space-tourism vehicle making its fifth consecutive flight used the solid-fuel escape motor that...

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