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Main points
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin launched its first major rocket early Thursday.
- After several launch delays, the 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket blasted off into orbit at 2:03 a.m. ET from the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- In total, the company has conducted more than 400 launches, according to billionaire rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX website.
Blue Origin, Amazon (Amazon) founder Jeff Bezos’ space company launched its first major rocket early Thursday.
After several launch delays, the 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket blasted off into orbit at 2:03 a.m. ET from the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. However, Blue Origin “lost the booster during descent” to a platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
“This vehicle supports our efforts to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon, leverage space resources, provide multi-mission, multi-orbital mobility through the Blue Ring, and establish destinations in low Earth orbit,” Blue Origin said.
In contrast, competitors Elon Musk’s space exploration technologies corp. In total, it has been posted more than 400 times, according to its website.
Billionaires are vying for dominance in the commercial space race.
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