Blue Origin says it finally knows what caused its New Shepard rocket launch to fail last year

The company plans to fly again soon.

's reusable first-stage booster. The vehicle's capsule managed to launch itself away from trouble and landed safely under parachutes. Nobody was hurt, and no buildings or other property were damaged.

"The structural fatigue was caused by operational temperatures that exceeded the expected and analyzed values of the nozzle material," Blue Origin wrote in an update on Friday. Blue Origin is taking action to prevent the problem from happening again. For example, the company is changing the design of the engine's combustion chamber and adjusting some of its operating parameters.

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