The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon founder’s powerful rocket suggests it could grow into a credible competitor with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Blue Origin is key to Amazon's ability to compete with SpaceX Starlink. Jeff Bezos has finally done it. He's finally reached space with an honest-to-goodness orbital-class rocket. Ten years ago, Bezos ignited a feud with SpaceX founder Elon Musk when his Blue Origin rocket company launched a suborbital New Shepard rocket to the edge of space and then landed it back on Earth.

If New Glenn can continue to demonstrate its capabilities and (more crucially) its reliability, it has the potential to take some business that SpaceX would otherwise struggle to accommodate.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space dreams are taking flight on a new level. On Thursday, Bezos' Blue Origin company launched its big rocket, called New Glenn. It lifted off at 2:30 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida,

Founded 25 years ago by Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching paying passengers to the edge of space since 2021, including himself. The short hops from Texas use smaller rockets named after the first American in space, Alan Shepard. New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller.

Blue Origin's successful maiden launch of New Glenn rocket made billionaire Jeff Bezos hungry. He ate breakfast at a Florida diner in Florida after.

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

Years in the making with heavy funding by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ... Alan Shepard. New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller. Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into ...

Billionaire Amazon owner Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has seen a successful launch of its new rocket this morning. The 98-metre New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off in Florida on Monday but the launch was called off due to a technical issue.

The reusable spacecraft had been due to take off from Florida but the launch was halted as anomalies were detected after the countdown began

New Glenn’s second stage and payload are now in orbit” An initial test launch of the towering 98 metre rocket, dubbed New Glenn in honour of legendary American astronaut John Glenn ... dubbed NG-1, Amazon founder Bezos is taking aim at the only ...

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