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Blue Origin Lands New Shepard Rocket

Blue Origin Lands New Shepard Rocket
Blue Origin launches its New Shepard rocket before landing on Nov. 23, 2015. Photo: Blue Origin.

Blue Origin on Monday vertically landed its New Shepard space vehicle at its west Texas launch site after reaching an altitude of roughly 100 km, or 329,839 feet, according to a company statement.New Shepard’s top speed was Mach 3.72 after being launched at 12:21 p.m. EST. Re-ignition of the rocket booster took place at 4,896 feet above ground. A controlled landing of the booster took place at 4.4 mph. Deployment of the crew capsule drogue parachutes took place at 20,045…

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