Blue Origin's New Shepard lifts off Jan. 22 from its West Texas test site. Credit: Blue Origin

Blue Origin launch and landed its New Shepard reusable launch vehicle Friday (Jan. 22) at its West Texas test facility. The notoriously secretive company did not announce the mission ahead of time, but FAA airspace restrictions pointed to a Friday or Saturday attempt.

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Brian Berger is editor in chief of SpaceNews.com and the SpaceNews magazine. He joined SpaceNews.com in 1998, spending his first decade with the publication covering NASA. His reporting on the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia accident was recognized with...