An unmanned rocket from space tourism company Blue Origin crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday (12) in Texas, in the south of the United States. The information and video of the mission was released by the Jeff Bezos company, adding that the capsule separated from the rest of the rocket.

As a result of the Blue Origin rocket accident, no one was injured – Photo: Reproduction / @ blueorigin / ND

“The traction mechanism failed during today’s drone flight,” the company said, before adding that the capsule’s ejection system worked as expected.

The video shows the crash landing of the capsule, but not the remains of the rocket that crashed. “There were no injuries,” Blue Origin said.

Launch vehicle failure in today’s unmanned flight. The evacuation system is made in accordance with the project. pic.twitter.com/xFDsUMONTh

— blue origin (@blueorigin) September 12, 2022