Blue Origin successfully launched a suborbital rocket for the second time and landed safely.
A space transportation service organization founded by Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin, has twice succeeded in landing and launching a suborbital rocket, a significant milestone in its struggle to make reusable boosters, the company stated on Friday.
The new Shepard rocket capsule, which has been designed for carrying 6 passengers, took off from a launch pad in West Texas at 11:22 am CST (1722 GMT) and succeeded in return-landing itself minutes later on the launch site, the company reported.
Blue Origin’s rocket that was flown on January 22, 2016 was the same automobile that was successfully landed and test launched 60 days ago, demonstrating re-usage, Jeff mentioned in his post on the website of Blue Origin 600 minutes after the flight.
Mr. Musk’s SpaceX successfully brought back a rocket in December to a landing pad in Florida after it took off for a satellite-delivery mission. SpaceX and Blue Origin are amongst those few enterprises trying to manufacture rockets capable of self-flying to Earth so they could be flown and refurbished again, possibly cutting down launching costs.
On Sunday, SpaceX made an effort for landing a rocket on a platform that floated in the Pacific Ocean, but a landing leg of the booster failed which resulted in the overturning and explosion of the rocket. Now, Blue Origin is conducting flying operations of suborbital rockets, which are not fast enough for putting spacecraft into orbit across the world. It is trying to work on a rocket engine which is more powerful, with testing to be done in the beginning of the current year.
In other news, Amazon has recently announced Echo speaker. At a time when Super Bowl is about to launch, sports update to Alexa has added to capability for telling scores of live sports. By Sports Update in Alexa app, one could receive personalized updates regarding only the sports and teams of interest. It is similar to the Flash Briefing for sports that focuses on news.
The update is also bringing movie showtimes and other information to Alexa’s knowledge base. Express has reported that the American e-commerce company is offering an opportunity its customers to use the promotional code BIGTHANKS to avail a discount of £10 on every order that is offered at a price of £50 on its retail webpage. In this manner the company would thank its loyal shoppers in Britain. The customer-friendly deal will expire at midnight of January 22, 2016.
The online trading giant offered the discount code after it started to lead the yearly United Kingdom Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI).
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