Blue Origin successfully tests escape system, lands rocket

October 06, 2016 00:50

Rocket company Blue Origin has pulled off a double success.

The aerospace startup led by Amazon's Jeff Bezos tested the escape system of its space capsule today in remote west Texas.

Forty-four seconds into the flight, the capsule popped off like a champagne cork, propelled by an escape motor mounted underneath.

Not only did the capsule land safely under parachutes following liftoff, the rocket managed to fly back and land upright.

This was the first inflight test of the emergency escape system, designed to save lives if something goes wrong with the rocket during liftoff.

Blue Origin's launch commentators called it an "epic flight" from beginning to end.

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