Jeff Bezos's Rocket Company Will Test Reusable Spacecraft Later This Year

The company will launch and land its reusable booster and crew and cargo capsule, with hopes to eventually fly tourists to space and back.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has kept his rocket company, Blue Origin, largely under wraps since he founded it in 2000. But Blue Origin announced Tuesday that it is planning unmanned test flights of its new engine and cargo capsule later this year, reports CNet. The company's New Shepard reusable capsule is designed to eventually carry tourists and science experiments to the edge of space.

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