Blue Origin attempted its first uncrewed New Shepard flight in a year, with the NS-23 mission launching at 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC) Monday morning. As the company’s fourth flight this year, the suborbital launch took place from Launch Site One at Blue Origin’s Corn Ranch property near Van Horn, Texas.
Just over one minute into the flight, an apparent failure of the booster prompted an in-flight abort of the capsule. While the booster was not recovered, the capsule was pushed to safety by its abort motor and made a successful landing under parachutes.