Blue Origin launches rocket with used booster for first time

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  • Blue Origin launches rocket with used booster for first time
  • Blue Origin launches rocket with used booster for first time
  • Blue Origin launches rocket with used booster for first time
  • Blue Origin launches rocket with used booster for first time

Blue Origin, the US space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, on Sunday successfully reused and recovered a booster for its New Glenn rocket.  The company has launched the New Glenn twice before, but only with new rocket boosters.

It has previously launched its smaller New Shepard rocket, primarily used for suborbital space tourism, with reused components in a less technically challenging operation. The booster used in Sunday's launch was refurbished after its previous flight. For this first reuse, the company replaced all of its engines and made several other modifications.

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