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Blue Origin sends reusable rocket up again, safe landing Originally published January 23, 2016 at 2:52 pm Updated January 23, 2016 at 2:53 pm Share story The Associated Press VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — A private space company completed another successful unmanned rocket launch in West Texas with the same vehicle as November and with a safe landing. Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos (BAY’-zohs), announced the reusable New Shepard launched Friday near Van Horn, Texas, and returned to Earth with another upright landing. The Kent, Washington-based company also launched the New Shepard on Nov. 23 from the same site. New Shepard consists of a capsule designed to take people into space for suborbital flights someday, and a booster. Most Read Stories Stranger shoots woman in showing of ‘13 Hours’ at Renton movie theater Seahawks offseason could also mean the end of ties to the pre-Pete Carroll era Flurry of commitments vaults Huskies recruiting class up national rankings Former Olympic downhill champ Bill Johnson dies at age 55 FBI meeting on Oregon wildlife refuge takeover ends abruptly HYPERLINK /subscribe/signup/?icn=promo-most-readici=subscribeUnlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks. In the November flight, the booster soared about 62 miles high and released the capsule, which parachuted to the ground. A Blue Origin statement says Friday’s flight went more than 63 miles up. ___ A Blue Origin rocket that flew to the edge of space and back in November 2015 has flown and landed again, a first for any private company and another step toward cheaper access to space. Started by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2000, Blue Origin had little to show for its early decade of work. Its plan to develop a reusable rocket finally took off in 2015: The company flew its New Shepherd rocket for the first time in April, and then became HYPERLINK /558319/jeff-bezos-space-company-is-finally-catching-up-with-spacex-and-elon-musk/the first private company to land a rocket ver