Blue Origin tests its pad escape system
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Blue Origin's New Shepard crew capsule shoots free of the launch vehicle simulator
The crew capsule parachutes back to the ground
The crew capsule at rest after its landing
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Aerospace firm Blue Origin has already conducted wind tunnel and engine tests, in the development of its reusable orbital Space Vehicle. Last week, however, the company took a step forward in the development of its New Shepard suborbital system – at its West Texas launch site, the company conducted a successful pad escape test, in which a full-scale crew capsule was ejected from a launch vehicle simulator.
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