The future of rocketry is here.
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, recently blasted a crew of space tourists on a 10-minute suborbital flight, reaching nearly 66 miles above Earth’s surface. Blue Origin’s big-windowed crew capsule parachuted down to the West Texas desert on April 14, while the separated reusable rocket booster’s engine refired to slow to some six mph for a soft touchdown on the pad.
The company’s CEO, Dave Limp, posted high-resolution drone footage of the booster falling through the atmosphere while blasting its powerful BE-3PM engine, which runs on liquid oxygen and hydrogen.
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