Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is taking another shot at space after a mid-flight snafu grounded it for 15 months

Wed, 12/13/2023 - 16:06

Jeff Bezos is pictured looking out of the window of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket wearing sunglasses. — Jeff Bezos gestures from inside a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule, similar to the kind he traveled in to the edge of space.
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Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin may try to launch its New Shepard rocket again next week.
The spacecraft has been grounded since September 2022 after a mid-flight failure.
Blue Origin is competing with other companies, including Elon Musk's SpaceX, in the space tourism race.

Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin may try again to launch its New Shepard rocket into space next week after grounding it for more than 15 months due to a mid-flight failure.