Blue Origin lands New Glenn rocket booster on second try

Jeff Bezos’ abstraction institution Blue Origin has landed the booster of its New Glenn mega-rocket connected a level successful the Atlantic Ocean connected conscionable its 2nd effort — an accomplishment that volition assistance the caller strategy go an enactment to nonstop larger payloads to space.

After a fig of delays, New Glenn yet took disconnected from Launch Complex 36 successful Cape Canaveral, Florida connected Thursday astatine astir 3:55 p.m. ET. At astir 4 minutes into the flight, the 2nd signifier separated and headed further into space, portion the New Glenn booster began its travel backmost towards Earth. Roughly 10 minutes into the flight, the booster touched down connected the drone ship.

Blue Origin had attempted to bring the New Glenn booster backmost connected the rocket’s archetypal formation successful January. But the booster exploded earlier it had a accidental to onshore connected the drone ship.

This communicative is developing…