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Beijing, September 13 (Xinhua) A rocket from Blue Origin, a space company owned by Jeff Jeff Bezos, broke down and crashed in the Texas desert shortly after liftoff on Monday. The good news is that the cargo ship's emergency escape system worked, saving the experimental device above. This is the first time Bezos' company has suffered a launch failure.

▲ Blue Origin cargo ship emergency escape

On Monday morning local time, the Blue Origin New Shepard carrier rocket was launched from the company's West Texas launch site on an unmanned mission. This is the 23rd mission of Blue Origin, designed to send NASA-funded experiments and other payloads to the edge of space and float in microgravity for a few minutes.

But more than a minute after liftoff, about five miles above the ground, the engine of the new Shepard booster accidentally caught fire during ascent. The aborted launch engine system of the cargo ship was activated almost immediately, ejecting the ship from the malfunctioning rocket and returning to the ground intact by parachute.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the booster crashed in a designated danger zone. FAA is responsible for supervising and supervising launch site security. The New Shepard Rocket Fleet of Blue Origin will be grounded until the FAA approves the results of the accident investigation led by Blue Origin, FAA said.

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