CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon by 2024.The entire flight — barely skimming space with a peak altitude of 66 miles (106 kilometers) — lasted just 10 minutes.
The booster landed vertically back at the launch complex after liftoff, and the capsule followed, parachuting onto the desert floor.“Touchdown!