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January 25, 2019

Airborne 01.25.19: Blue Origin Launches, Piper Responds, NTSB Feeling Pinch

Also: UAL Passengers Stuck, Firefly Plans Rocket Factory, Bell Will Build 25 AH-1Zs, GAMA Scholarship

Blue Origin has made its 10th successful test flight with its New Shepard rocket, launching multiple payloads, including eight NASA experiments, to an altitude of 66 miles on Wednesday. The rocket lifted off at the company's West Texas launch complex at 10:05 a.m. local time. The flight lasted 10 minutes and 15 seconds, and the New Shepard touched down on its landing pad as designed. The capsule returned to Earth under a parachute, landing on the Texas plains. The FAA recently proposed an AD for multiple Piper models after receiving a report of a fatigue crack found in the lower main wing spar cap on a Piper Model PA-28R-201 airplane. An investigation revealed that repeated high

SpaceX 'Test Hopper' Damaged During Texas Windstorm

Prototype Rocket Will Take 'Weeks' To Repair, Musk Says

High winds at the SpaceX launch complex in Texas blew over the "test hopper" rocket that is a prototype of the spacecraft the company hopes will one day carry people to Mars.

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