Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches new rocket on first test flight
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- Blue Origin (BORGN), the space technology company owned by Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, launched its new rocket, New Glenn, on a first test flight on Thursday.
- Blue Origin had called off the inaugural launch on Monday after multiple delays due to some last-minute anomalies.
- New Glenn blasted off from Florida, making it the latest in a series of big, new rockets to launch in recent years.
- The company has spent over $1B into New Glenn’s launch site.