Jeff Bezos ' new rocket, taller than the Statue of Liberty, has blasted into space.

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

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.

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has launched from Florida and entered orbit for the first time However the rocket booster - designed to land on a platform in the Atlantic so it can be used again ...

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.

The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin sent its massive new rocket into space Thursday — and carried a prototype satellite into orbit thousands of miles above the Earth’s surface. The seven-engine ...

After years of delays, the billionaire’s Blue Origin space company launched its New Glenn rocket early Thursday.

The launch of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket is postponed due to a "vehicle subsystem issue" The reusable rocket had been due to set off from Florida, but was delayed multiple times Bezos wants ...

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.

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