Jeff Bezos already had the money and the motivation to build Orbital Reef. Now he also has a rocket to make it happen.

But Blue Origin did not reach its bonus goal of guiding part of the New Glenn rocket called the first-stage booster back to a safe landing on a seafaring platform after takeoff. That maneuver ...

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

Blue Origin announced that it will launch its first New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Sunday. According to a press release from the company, owned by billionaire Amazon ...

New Glenn, the rocket flying on Friday, uses seven engines called BE-4s. Some have been to orbit already, but not aboard a Blue Origin rocket. The Vulcan rocket built by a competitor, ...

Blue Origin's first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket stands atop its Launch Complex 36 pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of its first test flight. | Credit: Blue Origin ...