Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket on first test flight and reaches orbit

Blue Origin has launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight. Thursday’s liftoff from Florida carried an experiment meant to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. The test satellite successfully reached orbit 13 minutes into the flight. The 320-foot New Glenn rocket is designed to haul spacecraft and eventually astronauts to orbit and also the moon. Founded 25 years ago by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching customers to the edge of space since 2021. Bezos took part in the launch from Mission Control.