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

The New Glenn rocket, developed by the space technology company owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, had been rolled out days ago to the launch pad in preparation for its debut flight.

Lumbering off the launch pad from a billowing fiery cloud, Blue Origin's mighty 321-foot-tall New Glenn rocket hurtled into ...

When the countdown clock struck zero, New Glenn lit up its seven engines and lifted off the launchpad. The first stage, or the rocket’s bottommost portion, fired its engines for more than three ...

He commented on the great amount of exhaust left behind by the powerful rocket − which hovered over the launch pad long after ...

At 2:03 a.m. Eastern time, seven powerful engines ignited at the base of a 320-foot-tall rocket named New Glenn. The flames illuminated night into day at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The New Glenn launch pad can be seen perfectly from Cocoa Beach so you're right where you'd need to be. Serving Mexican and Cuban dishes, El Leoncito has long been a go-to for watching 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 ...

A Blue Origin spacecraft will attempt to mimic lunar gravity in a daring maneuver during a planned Tuesday morning launch ...

Blue Origin launched its towering New Glenn rocket for the first time on Thursday, in a crucial milestone for Jeff Bezos' space company. New Glenn thundered off the launchpad in the early morning ...

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