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The New Shepard rocket lifted off at 8:30 A.M. from Blue Origin's Launch Site One location in West Texas.
“新谢泼德”号火箭于当地时间上午8时30分，从位于德克萨斯州西部的蓝色起源公司一号发射场发射升空。
The moment the booster failed, the launch abort system immediately kicked in, separating the capsule from the booster.
在助推器失灵的那一刻，发射中止系统立即启动，将太空舱与助推器分离。
Several minutes later, the capsule parachuted onto the desert floor.
几分钟后，太空舱降落在沙漠地面上。
"It appears we've experienced in an anomaly with today's flight,
“今天的飞行似乎出现了异常，
this was unplanned and we don't have any details yet, but our crew capsule was able to escape successfully.
这是计划外的事件，我们还不清楚任何细节，但我们的太空舱成功逃脱了。
We will follow its progress through landing."
我们将从着陆跟进事情的进展。”
It was the 23rd launch for the New Shepard program, named after the first American in space, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard.
这是“新谢泼德”项目的第23次发射，该项目是以美国第一位进入太空的、水星计划的航天员艾伦·谢泼德的名字命名的。
It's the same rocket and capsule system that Blue Origin has been using to send people on a 10-minute ride to the edge of space.
而此次发射的火箭以及太空舱系统，与蓝色起源公司仅需10分钟就将人类送到太空边缘的火箭和太空舱系统完全相同。
