Bezos' rocket company pins crash on overheated engine nozzle

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A private rocket company says an overheated engine nozzle is responsible for last year's failed launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — — An overheated rocket engine nozzle caused last year'sJeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin said it expects to resume its quick trips to space from West Texas sometime later this year.

As the rocket started veering off course a minute into flight, the escape system kicked in and the capsule catapulted off and parachuted to safety.No one was hurt and no property on the ground was damaged. All of the critical flight hardware was recovered within days. It was the first launch accident for the Kent, Washington-based Blue Origin, founded in 2000 by Bezos, who also started Amazon.

 

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