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Bezos' Blue Origin makes historic rocket landing

Welcome to the next age of space exploration: reusable rockets. Get the details on the landing by Blue Origin, run by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Meanwhile, questions swirl over Amazon's security with forced password resets.

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Nov. 24, 2015 1:46 p.m. PT

Blue Origin could get you to space and back in 11 minutes -- in a reusable rocket.

The private spaceflight company led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made history when its rocket landed safely back to Earth during a test flight. Watch CNET Update for the details on the flight and what's in store for space tourism:

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Also in this roundup, Amazon has some explaining to do over why account passwords are being reset. To best protect your account, turn on two-step authentication. It's essentially a second layer of protection if your password gets in the hands of hackers.

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