![]() ![]() A landing occurs on a cushion of air that fired around six feet above the ground.Blue Origin Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos and recovery personnel were on the scene. Thrusters stabilize the capsule, before parachutes deploy at 10,000 feet altitude. Blue Origins New Shepard spacecraft parachutes back to Earth for a safe landing on Saturday, December 11, 2021. ![]() Its engine re-fires just a few seconds before landing. The booster deploys its wedge fins and steers to the landing pad.At this point, the crew has three to four minutes of weightlessness, and they are free to float around the cabin. Around 20 seconds later, the capsule separates and the fasten seatbelt light turns off.The rocket ascends for two and a half minutes before the main engine cut off.Seven seconds after the countdown finishes, the rocket lifts off.Want to find out more about the emergent new space race, and competitors like SpaceX and Blue Origin? Subscribe to MUSK READS+ for exclusive interviews and analysis about spaceflight, electric cars, and more.īlue Origin’s flights have a clearly defined schedule: The awardees for NASA’s Human Landing System contracts are Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, Dynetics (a Leidos company) of Huntsville, Alabama, and SpaceX of Hawthorne, California. “Jeff, this is something you’ve dreamed of your whole life and your passion for space is infectious!” she wrote. Prior to the flight, Jeff and Mark’s sister Christina shared a message that was read out on the air. NASA announced a partnership with Blue Origin to begin work on a lunar landing system. Mark Bezos, Jeff Bezos, Oliver Daeman, Wally Funk. ![]()
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