CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, launched NASA experiments into space Wednesday on a brief test flight. The New Shepard rocket blasted off from West Texas, hoisting a capsule containing the experiments. The eight experiments were exposed to a few minutes of weightlessness, before the capsule parachuted down.
Blue Origin Shoots Nasa Experiments Into Space In Test
MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer, The Columbian
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