Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.

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

Florida’s sky briefly lit up during the night as one of a handful of big new American-made rockets took flight. It was the first time a new space company achieved orbit on the first launch attempt.

For Jeff Bezos, New Glenn’s success is personal. Image Jeff Bezos after returning to Earth’s surface from a suborbital flight from Van Horn, Texas, in 2021.

Now, almost 25 years after Bezos started the company, Blue Origin is on the brink of clapping back. Its powerful New Glenn rocket is at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center for its inaugural launch ...

Jeff Bezos already had the money and the motivation to build Orbital Reef. Now he also has a rocket to make it happen.

Bezos has heavily funded the company ... Blue Origin hopes to launch about a half-dozen more New Glenn flights this year — and eventually, it may haul spacecraft and astronauts into orbit ...