Bezos rocket fails during liftoff

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Jeff Bezos' rocket company suffered its first failed launch on Monday. There was no one on board, just scientific experiments.

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The Blue Origin rocket veered off course over West Texas about a minute after liftoff.

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Several minutes later, the capsule parachuted over the remote desert floor.

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later announcing: “It appears we have experienced an anomaly with today's flight. This was not planned."

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The mishap occurred when the rocket was traveling at almost 700 mph (1,126 kph) at an altitude of about 28,000 feet (8,500 meters).

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“Propellent failure in today's unmanned flight. Exhaust system worked as designed,” the company later tweeted.

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the webcast shows it reached a maximum altitude of over 37,000 feet (11,300 meters).

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