Viral clip shows hundreds of elated rocket scientists making history

Although NASA space shuttles were also reusable after returning to Earth safely, they were far more expensive than rockets, he noted.

Jeff Bezos has a pet project on the side when he isn’t leading Amazon: space travel and exploration.It appears that the Blue Origin team has been secretly testing a near finalized product in recent months capable of entering into space (329,839 feet) and then gracefully hovering back within 5 feet of the original takeoff point.

When New Shepard landed, effectively making aerospace history as the first reusable rocket to make the journey back from space unscathed, the palpable anxiety felt by Blue Origin’s scientists turned into unbridled joy. “Full reuse is a game changer, and we can’t fuel up and fly again”.

Private spaceflight company Blue Origin recently uploaded a video to its YouTube page.

Who says people aren’t interested in space anymore? According to the founder, the safe landing of the rocket is a new breakthrough for the company’s new space plan. Blue Origin astronauts will experience the thrill of launch atop a rocket, the freedom of weightlessness, and views through the largest windows to ever fly in space. Astronaut flights will begin following completion of a methodical flight test program.

Blue Origin said the unmanned flight took place Monday morning at its site in Van Horn in West Texas. As the crew capsule descends, it reenters the atmosphere with astronauts experiencing about five times the force of gravity before deploying three main parachutes for landing. It slowed its descent by firing its engine, starting at about 4,900 feet above ground.