Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin said Friday it hopes to resume rocket flights 'soon' following the conclusion of an investigation into a crash last year — but it must wait for US regulators to accept the findings.
Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos's company's second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, US, October 13, 2021. The company says it hopes to resume rocket flights"soon". REUTERS/Mike Blake/File photo
The incident marked a setback for the Amazon founder's company, though observers were encouraged by the fact that had people been aboard, they would have likely survived. The capsule then initiated its escape sequence and outsped the booster, falling back to Earth, slowed by parachutes.
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