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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting late spring for 2nd launch of powerful New Glenn rocket
New Glenn, which has been in development for about a decade, can carry 50 tons (45 metric tons) of payload to low Earth orbit ...
The New York Times29d
Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn Rocket Lifts Off on First Flight
Gregg Newton/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit.
New York Post28d
Bezos vs. Musk billionaire space race gets serious with launches on same day – but who will win?
Jeff Bezos, the second richest man in the world, successfully blasted off a 320-foot-tall rocket ship made by his Blue Origin company from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the early hours of the morning.
Los Angeles Times29d
Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight
Years in the making with heavy funding by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the 320-foot rocket carried an experimental platform designed to host satellites or release them into their proper orbits.
Forbes29d
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Reaches Orbit On First Attempt— What To Know
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched a rocket into orbit for the first time. In a feat that puts the company in a position to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the launch ...
The Daily Telegraph29d
Watch: Jeff Bezos launches rocket into space for first time
Mr Bezos, the founder of Amazon, hopes his rocket venture will enable humans ... He is a fan of the science fiction series Star Trek, once appearing as an extra in the movie Star Trek Beyond.
Wall Street Journal29d
Jeff Bezos’ Space Ambitions Take Flight as New Rocket Blasts Off
Jeff Bezos’ space company launched its massive new rocket for the first time, aiming to advance the Amazon founder’s lifelong space-exploration ambitions. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket ...
as.com20d
“All I saw was death”: when space travel moves from fiction to fact
William Shatner's trip aboard Jeff Bezos’ rocket might have been conceived as a publicity stunt, but brushing the edge of the sky left the actor full of wonder. Shatner, 90, talked about space ...
CBS News29d
SpaceX pushes Starship test flight back one day due to weather
The New Glenn rocket, built by Bezos' space company Blue Origin, is not nearly as powerful, but it will compete head-to-head with SpaceX's industry-dominating Falcon 9-family rockets. Like the ...
Fox Business29d
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches new rocket on first test flight
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket, the New Glenn, lifted off successfully from Florida early Thursday after it’s first launch attempt was scrubbed Wednesday. This flight is Bezos' attempt to get ...
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Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket has lifted off for the first time
Jeff Bezos and girlfriend US actress Lauren Sanchez. Picture: Michael TRAN / AFP Meanwhile, the rocket’s upper stage will fire its engines toward Earth orbit, reaching a maximum altitude of ...