Blue Origin rocket successfully lands booster during launch

Jeff Bezos' space company saw its first successful return landing of a reusable booster - a feat that SpaceX pioneered.

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The rocket was carrying two Nasa spacecraft deployed towards Mars. The Escapade satellites will take 22 months to reach Mars and will orbit the planet to measure its atmosphere and magnetic field.

The reusable booster powering New Glenn also separated from the rocket's upper stage and touched down on a floating landing pad in the Atlantic Ocean, in a successful first for Blue Origin.

Elon Musk's SpaceX had been the only to accomplish this feat until now.

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