Decidedly, the difficulties multiply to take off rockets.
An unmanned aircraft from Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday evening.
“The thruster hit the ground.
There are no reported injuries,” the company wrote on Twitter.
But to clarify: “The evacuation system of the capsule (
which was not inhabited
) succeeded in separating the capsule from the booster.
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Booster failure on today's uncrewed flight.
Escape system performed as designed.
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— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) September 12, 2022
The mission was unmanned and carried experiments from universities, research institutions and students.
Many of these experiments were funded by NASA.
The launch of the rocket had been postponed several times in recent days due to bad weather.
More information to come on Le Parisien
