New York (CNN Business)Blue Origin, the stealthy company founded by Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, just launched another test flight of its tourism rocket as it steadily inches toward sending paying customers into space.
The rocket took off from a test site in rural Texas on Wednesday and soared more than 60 miles into the upper atmosphere, across the boundary that is widely considered the edge of space.
It marked the 12th uncrewed test flight for Blue Origin's fully autonomous rocket and spacecraft system, called New Shepard. And it could be one of the last before the company is ready to start flying paying customers, though it's not clear exactly when the company will reach that milestone.
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business
Updated 3:09 PM ET, Wed December 11, 2019
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