The second Blue Origin successfully landed the missile to the ground

Blue Origin - Jeff Bezos's company has just launched into orbit and successfully landed their New Shepard rocket. This is also the rocket they used in the previous mission, which took place in November last year. In this phase, New Shepard was taken to a height of over 100km above the ground, before landing gently back to the testing center of Blue Origin, located in Texas (USA). New success made New Shepard the first commercial vertical landing missile that could enter space twice.

That meant that Blue Origin seemed to once again "chill out" in the face of rival SpaceX, in the race to develop a re-used rocket. In December 2015, SpaceX first successfully landed the Falcon 9 missile on Earth after completing its mission, just one month after the Blue Origin performed almost the same thing. However, CEO Elon Musk said that the missile used that time was too special and they would never launch it into space again. SpaceX tried to land another missile last weekend, but unfortunately the Falcon 9 fell and exploded at the landing, making it unusable.

The whole process of launching and landing New Shepard missiles.(Photo: Blue Origin).

Maybe SpaceX and Blue Origin are both working towards the same goal, the two companies' missiles are really different.Blue Origin's New Shepard is designed to bring passengers into space in the future , in orbit around the Earth, where they have 4 minutes to experience a weightless environment, before safely returning to the ground. . Meanwhile, SpaceX Falcon 9 was born to transport goods to space, as well as further destinations in the universe. This missile goes faster and must reach a much higher height than the product of Blue Origin.

However, there is an undeniable fact that the Blue Origin launched and landed Shepard again, only shortly after the previous mission was completed, this was quite impressive. Some modifications have been made to the missiles launched this time. The company has conducted replacement despite fitting in the cabin crew. This module separates from the rest of the missile body in space, and though it makes it a safer landing during the return to the ground. Blue Origin said that they had also replaced New Shepard's ignition, and updated the software for it. A lot of tests are done to make sure the missiles are ready.

Blue Origin's missile launches are all in secret.

Normally, Blue Origin's missile launches are all secret. However this time, the test flight was somewhat known. Before the successful news of the missile landing, SpaceNews reported that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a temporary flight restriction document, to the area around the facility. Test of Blue Origin in Van Horn, Texas.

Founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin has been testing their new Shepard missiles for over a year. Last November, Blue Origin became the first company to be able to land missiles on the ground in an upright position, after launching it into space. And the same thing has just happened. If Bezos always waited until the launch was successful, it announced the video, Elon Musk always showed the process of deploying their missiles directly, from the stage of checking, launching and landing on the ground. Musk even announced his rocket scene exploded on his personal Instagram account.

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.(Photo: Businessinsider).

Reusable missiles have long been considered an effective way to cut costs in missile launches; Instead of building a completely new rocket for each mission, the previously used missile can be launched again. In an article on the company's website, Bezos said he particularly liked the vertical landing - like what New Shepard and Falcon 9 were designed to do, because the technique works better for the name. Big size fire.

Besides, he also revealed that Blue Origin is planning to expand their scale."We have had more than 3 years in developing our first orbit vehicles," he wrote. "Although we own small vehicles in the missile" family ", there will be many times larger than New Shepard. I hope to share more details about them this year . " Bezos also stated that Blue Origin's ultimate goal was to allow "millions of people" to live and work in space, someday in the future.