The uncrewed New Glenn rocket took off at 2:03 a.m. EST from Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Blue Origin said.

Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, made its maiden voyage into orbital space Thursday with its brand-new rocket, New Glenn.

Blue Origin, the rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, was poised to launch its first orbital rocket before technical ...

The company said it was "reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt." ...

After abruptly calling off its first launch attempt in the early hours of Monday morning, Blue Origin notched a historic success with its first orbital rocket. Follow the latest news.

Blue Origin launched its towering New Glenn rocket for the first time early Monday, in a crucial milestone for Jeff Bezos’ ...

Blue Origin did not immediately set a new launch date, saying the team needed more time to resolve the problem.

Related: John Glenn: America's 1st space hero At the time Glenn wrote his letter, the only commercial rocket to launch, land and be reused was Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital booster.

HANDOUT/BLUE ORIGIN/AFP Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, is poised for a historic first: its maiden voyage into orbital space with a brand new rocket ...

Although Blue Origin has been launching much smaller New Shepard rockets on suborbital spaceflights for a decade, it has never put a payload into Earth orbit. That’s due to change with tonight ...

New Shepard is named for Alan Shepard, the first American in space, while New Glenn honors John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth. At more than 320 feet high, New Glenn is a hulk compared ...

A group of Western New Mexico University students took to Regent Square on the Silver City campus Wednesday to say goodbye to President Joe Shepard, who resigned in the midst of ethics investigations ...