>> BREAKING NEWS ALERT. >> WE INTERRUPT RACHAEL RAY TO BRING YOU A NEW SHEPARD
MISSION, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO
CARRY DOZENS OF SMALL RESEARCH
PROJECTS, INCLUDING ONE FROM A
KISSIMMEE SCHOOL. YES, BLUE
ORIGIN SAYS THESE PAYLOADS
WILL TEST IMPORTANT SCIENCE
THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR FUTURE
LIFE IN SPACE AND THEY ALL
RIGHT. WE JUST CLOCKED UNDER
30 SECONDS. LET’S GET TO LIVE
LOOK OUT NOW TO WEST TEXAS FOR
BLUE ORIGIN IS SET TO LAUNCH
NEW SHEPARD ROCKET. WE’RE DOWN
TO ALMOST 15 SECONDS. LET’S
LISTEN IN.
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YOUR THAT SPEED AS NEW OUT AND
SPIRITS.
>> THE BAR ON THE LEFT SHOWS
THE VEHICLES PASSING. ACTUALLY
STARTED 3,700 FEET AND SL.
THAT’S HOW FAR ABOVE MEAN SEA
LEVEL. WE ARE OUT HERE AND
WATCHED BY ONE.
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>> AND FREE ENGINE RATTLED UP
AS WE’RE GOING TO PUSH UP TO
MAX Q AGAIN. THAT’S THE POINT
WHERE THE AERODYNAMIC STRESS
ON THE VEHICLE IS AT ITS
MAXIMUM. RONALD BACK. AND
CONTINUE ON UP TO SPACE.
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♪ ♪ >> IT APPEARS EXPERIENCED AN
ANOMALY WITH TODAY’S FLIGHT.
THIS WAS UNPLANNED. WE DON’T
HAVE ANY DETAILS YET. BUT OUR
CREW CAPSULE WAS ABLE TO
ESCAPE SUCCESSFULLY. WE’LL
FOLLOW ITS PROGRESS THROUGH
LANDING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
DRONES HAVE DEPLOYED AND THE
MAINS ARE GOING TO BE PULLED
OUT NEXT.
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>> ALL RIGHT. THE MAINS ARE OUT. YOU SEE THAT THEY’RE REEF. THEY’RE GOING TO BE
EXPANDING AS THE MAINS
INFLATED. THE CAPSULE WILL
STABILIZE ITS. THAT’S LOOKING
LIKE A SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION
FOR THE CAPSULE AND ESCAPE
SYSTEM.
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♪ CREW CAPSULE CONTINUING SEND HUNDREDS 3 MAIN CHUTES. YOU
CAN SEE THOSE WEST TEXAS
MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND AS
WE COME DOWN TOWARDS THE
DESERT FLOOR. WE’RE GOING TO
EXPECT THAT RETRO SYSTEM TO
FIRE AGAIN. THAT WILL TAKE OUT
MOST OF THE ENERGY IN THE
LANDING. IN ADDITION TO THE
PARACHUTES, YOU’LL SEE A KICK
UP THE BIG CLOUD OF DUST AND
OUT THERE IN THE
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♪ ♪ THERE GOES THE RETRO FOR A
SYSTEM. YOU CAN SEE HOW
OUR BACKUP SAFETY SYSTEMS KICKED IN TODAY TO KEEP OUR PILOTS
SAFE DURING AN OFF NOMINAL
SAFETY IS OUR HIGHEST VALUE OF
BLUE ORIGIN. IT’S WHY WE BUILT
SO MUCH REDUNDANCY INTO THE
WE’RE GOING TO CLOSE OUT THE
WEB CAST FOR TODAY. WE’LL
SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE FLIGHT ON BLUE ORIGINS,
TWITTER FEED AS WE THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US FOR TODAY’S
WEBCAST.
>> ALL RIGHT. YOU’VE BEEN
WATCHING LIVE THAT BLUE ORIGIN
LAUNCH OUT OF WEST TEXAS. NOT
GOING THE WAY EVERYONE
EXPECTED THAT ROCKET DID
EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY’RE
CALLING AN ANOMALY ON THAT
INITIAL ASCENT. BUT IT LOOKS
LIKE THE CREW CAPSULE DID MAKE
IT BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND
SAFELY. SO THAT AND THAT’S THE
REPLAY. YES, SO YOU CAN SEE
THERE. THE CREW CAPSULE
SEPARATING FROM THE ROCKET
DOING WHAT IT’S SUPPOSED INCUR
ENDS. I MEAN, I GUESS THAT IS,
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT ALL
THESE EXPERIMENTS ON BOARD,
WHICH THANKFULLY THIS IS AN
UNCREWED.
>> MISSION HERE. BUT AGAIN,
THAT ESCAPE SYSTEM IS ALSO AN
EXPERIMENT. YOU KNOW, YOU YOU
PUT ALL THE SAFETY FEATURES IN
THERE HOPING TO NEVER USE
THEM. AND IN THIS CASE, THEY
CERTAINLY DID. BUT EVERYTHING
HAS OF ONCE THE BOARD MISSION
HAPPENED, IT SEEMED LIKE
EVERYTHING WENT THE WAY IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO WITH THE PARACHUTE
SON AND ALL THAT. THERE WERE
SOME TENSE MOMENTS. THERE A
MARK LEHMAN, IS THAT THE
SCHOOL WHERE THE STUDENTS AT
NEO CITY GATHERED IN OSCEOLA
COUNTY THIS MORNING ANXIOUSLY
AWAITING THIS BECAUSE THEIR
EXPERIMENT IS ON OR THAT
CAPSULE.
>> AND THE GOOD NEWS IS,
AGAIN, THOSE EXPERIMENTS AND
EVERYTHING INTACT CAPSULE. THE
ROCKET, HOWEVER, WAITING FOR
SOME MORE UPDATES FROM BLUE
ORIGIN ON THAT. YEAH, THEY
DIDN’T GIVE ANY DETAILS TO
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT
ANOMALY AS THEY’RE CALLING IT.
BUT AS THE WEBCAST OR SAYING,
>> SAFETY IS THEIR PRIORITY.
AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT
ABORT SYSTEM DID WHAT IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO. ALL RIGHT.
WE’RE GOING TO TOSS IT BACK
NOW TO REACH. ALL RIGHT.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A NEWS. 6
BREAKING NEWS ALERT FOR