Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home. Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of space from West Texas.

The 320-foot New Glenn rocket was initially scheduled to launch early Monday with a prototype satellite aboard.

The experiments launched abroad Blue Origin's New Shepard were mainly sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The tests included ways to keep lunar dust off of astronauts tools and spacesuits.

Blue Origin launched a spacecraft that can simulate lunar gravity into suborbital space during a research flight from West Texas.

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and spacecraft completed its moon-gravity mission, but the capsule appeared to have a slight hiccup on its return when one of its parachutes did not open entirely on Tuesday.

Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin simulated lunar gravity conditions today (Feb. 4) during the 29th launch of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle.

Bezos' rocketeers tout capability as useful for NASA and other tech providers Blue Origin has sent its reusable New Shepard rocket on another suborbital lob, this time simulating lunar gravity for capsule payloads.