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.

Thirty storeys tall with a reusable first stage filled with liquid oxygen and methane, New Glenn launched around 2 a.m. ET from Blue Origin's launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard rocket—a reusable sub-orbital rocket used for space tourism—27 times. It's named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space. Bezos flew in New Shepard on July 20, 2021, crossing the Kármán line, the dividing line between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.

Private space company Blue Origin was founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos ... it roars into the sky from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Visibility from most of Florida is possible, according ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket on second attempt - New Glenn rocket is widely seen as a competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX technology

The uncrewed New Glenn rocket took off at 2:03 a.m. EST from Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Blue Origin said.

Years in the making with heavy funding by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the 320-foot rocket ... rebuilding historic Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. New Glenn was supposed to fly ...

Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed. The flight is a crucial test of the company’s ability to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos founded the company 25 years ago. He took part in Monday’s countdown from Mission Control, located at the rocket factory just outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Orlando, Florida.

A new endeavor is on the horizon for Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin ... If the launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, is successful, Blue Origin's 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket will be certified ...

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.