Blue Origin resumes test flights after 2022 rocket crash
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The launch is the first since an engine failure and crash grounded Blue Origin flights in September of 2022.
Blue Origin on Tuesday made its first successful test rocket launch since a crash suspended flights in 2022.
The Jeff Bezos-owned company launched an uncrewed capsule full of tests from west Texas to the edge of space, 66 miles high.
The rocket stage released the capsule and landed under its own power, while the capsule landed via parachute.
The launch was an improvement over the ill-fated test flight in September of last year, which veered off course and forced the test capsule to separate early, under the power of its emergency escape system.
Engineers tracked the problem to an overheated rocket nozzle. The incident prompted changes to the design of the combustion chamber and nozzle, and grounded Blue Origin's test flights for 15 months.
