The company also attempted to land the first-stage booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean, but it was unsuccessful. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket for its first test flight early Thursday, after several days ...

Blue Origin and SpaceX both launched rockets on 16 January, but while Jeff Bezos's company saw a launch success with New Glenn, Elon Musk's Starship exploded. What does this mean for the future of the space industry?

New Glenn’s maiden voyage ramps up an ongoing space race between Blue Origin and SpaceX, which were respectively founded the world’s two richest people. Bezos currently has an estimated net worth of $237 billion, while Musk’s fortune stands at $428.5 billion.

Blue Origin also attempted to land the rocket's booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean, but the booster was lost during reentry through the atmosphere. The launch is a defining moment for Blue ...

Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit on Thursday at 1:03 a.m. CST from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

New Glenn, a multistage rocket named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, is the first Blue Origin rocket to reach orbit. That puts the company, founded by former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, in good position to join Elon Musk’s busy SpaceX brand as a major player in the cellular satellite industry and beyond.

The company, started by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, reset its countdown clock repeatedly over a period of just over two hours before eventually postponing the test flight to another day.

Blue Origin called off the debut launch of ... plan to land the first-stage booster on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean. New Glenn is named after the first American to orbit Earth ...

Blue Origin confirmed a clean separation of the two-stage rocket, sending its booster back to Earth, where it failed to land on the autonomous droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Shortly before the ...

The company also attempted to land the first-stage booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean, but it was unsuccessful. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket ...

After the two-stage New Glenn rocket lifts off, the reusable first stage will descend and target landing hundreds of miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean atop Blue Origin's drone ship Jacklyn, named for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' mother. In the meantime ...

To follow FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of Tuesday's mission, visit floridatoday.com/space starting about 90 minutes before liftoff.