Monday morning's uncrewed Blue Origin launch of their New Shepard space craft ended in a mishap officially being called an 'anomaly', and it is now under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
– Monday morning's uncrewed Blue Origin launch of their New Shepard space craft ended in a mishap officially being called an"anomaly", and it is now under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA has grounded all future Blue Origin launches until their investigation is completed.
Ken Ruffin, a Dallas based space expert and president of the National Space Society of North Texas says he expects Blue Origin engineers will be working around the clock to figure out what went wrong. While the rocket booster came crashing down instead of landing in a controlled upright position, the capsule did return to Earth safely.
CBS News Space Contributor Bill Harwood said the fact the emergency systems worked as planned is a silver lining for Blue Origin and it's founder Jeff Bezos whose goal is to continue to sending paying customers into low space orbit.
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