Blue Origin's New Shepherd rocket makes third powered landing [feedly]

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Blue Origin's New Shepherd rocket makes third powered landing
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

Blue Origin pulled off a spaceflight hat trick today as its New Shepherd rocket completed its third powered landing. In a series of tweets, company founder and CEO Jeff Bezos confirmed the third flight of the reusable booster from its test site in Texas. The rocket flew to an altitude of 3,600 ft before releasing its unmanned Crew Capsule, which returned to Earth using parachutes.

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