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An Up Aerospace rocket loaded with NASA-financed payload experiments and the cremated ashes of paying customers failed immediately after launching Monday morning at Spaceport America.
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Blue Origin on Friday released details of what went wrong last September when a malfunctioning booster on its New Shepard rocket forced the capsule, which didn’t have anyone on board, to blast away to safety using its emergency escape system.
The September 2022 in-flight failure of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle was caused by a problem with the vehicle's engine nozzle, the company said.
British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson said the successful tests bring it closer to commercial flights for tourists, which could begin next year.
An American company has carried out tests of a system that uses a high-speed spinning machine to launch satellites into space. The machine – which is powered by kinetic energy – is meant to greatly reduce costs and fuel required for traditional rocket launches.