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Uncrewed Blue Origin Mission Suffers Booster Failure

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Tom Patton
Sep 12, 2022
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The uncrewed Blue Origin mission NS-23 suffered a booster failure shortly after launch Monday. While the booster was lost, the capsule escape system performed as designed and the payloads were recovered.

Video posted to the company website shows the uncrewed Blue Origin mission ascending over the west Texas launch site when the rocket appears to fail. Th…

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