INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A rocket from Jeff Bezos& space company Blue Origin failed mid-flight shortly after liftoff on Monday, aborting its cargo capsule to safety
before crashing into the Texas desert, according to the company and a live video stream of the mission, Reuters reported.Without any humans
on board, the rocket lifted off from Blue Origin&s West Texas launch site Monday morning as the company&s 23rd New Shepard mission, aiming
to send NASA-funded experiments and other payloads to the edge of space to float for a few minutes in microgravity.But just over a minute
after liftoff, and roughly 5 miles (8.05 km) above ground, the New Shepard booster&s engines flared unexpectedly during ascent
The capsule&s abort motor system triggered almost immediately, jetting the craft away from the faulty rocket before parachuting back to land
intact.According to Reuters the booster crashed within a designated hazard area, according to the United States Federal Aviation
Administration, which oversees and regulates launchsite safety
Blue Origin&s fleet of New Shepard rockets is grounded until the FAA signs off on the outcome of a company-led investigation into the
mishap, the agency added.During today&s flight, the capsule escape system successfully separated the capsule from the booster,& Blue Origin
&The booster impacted the ground
There are no reported injuries; all personnel have been accounted for.The mission, called NS-23, was the first New Shepard launch without
humans aboard in over a year, and the fourth mission in 2022
The rocket-capsule system has flown 31 people in all under Blue Origin&s suborbital space tourism business, in which paying customers are
launched some 62 miles high for a few minutes of microgravity at the edge of space before their capsule returns to land under parachutes,
read the report.Billionaire Bezos, the Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) founder who started Blue Origin in 2000, was among the first passengers to
fly New Shepard during its debut crewed mission in 2021.The rocket that crashed on Monday had flown eight times before, but it was not
immediately clear whether those past missions included humans
Blue Origin flew New Shepard 15 times before its first crewed flight, Reuters reported.The post Bezos& Blue Origin suffers rocket failure
during uncrewed mission first appeared on Ariana News.
