Blue Origin rocket explosion
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Jeff Bezos' rocket maker suffered a setback on Thursday as its New Glenn rocket went up in flames.
On Thursday evening, Blue Origin attempted to test fire its massive New Glenn rocket at its Florida launch site, but something went very wrong after engine ignition. The super heavy lift rocket exploded in spectacular and disastrous fashion.
Beijing suffered yet another disappointment as the first stage of Long March 12A—China's first state-owned reusable rocket—could not be successfully recovered after launch. The second stage of the rocket, however, did get deployed in its planned orbit ...
BEIJING/WASHINGTON--The maiden flight of LandSpace's next-generation Zhuque-3 ended in failure on Wednesday, dashing the Chinese firm's hopes of becoming the third company after Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to successfully test a reusable rocket.
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