Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos's private aerospace manufacturer, made history yesterday with its most ambitious launch to date, successfully deploying its New Glenn rocket into the sky.
The rocket, which is designed to carry out a variety of tasks including satellite launches and space tourism, lifted off from the company's West Texas test site at 9:51am local time. A 15-second test flight later, Blue Origin confirmed that all systems were go for the main launch attempt.
Bezos himself was on hand to witness the historic moment, donning a SpaceX-style spacesuit as part of his "Day One" mission, which marked the first crewed test of the New Glenn's upper stage. The billionaire entrepreneur tweeted "We did it!" after the successful liftoff.
The rocket soared 35 miles into the atmosphere before jettisoning its payload fairing and reaching an altitude of around 300 miles. It then successfully deployed a series of three small satellites, marking another major milestone for Blue Origin's ambitious space ambitions.
Meanwhile, Bezos himself is set to embark on his first suborbital spaceflight with his brother Mark and Wim Ouboter, the company's Vice President of Launch Operations. The test will take place later this year as part of the "Day One" mission.
The successful launch marks a major breakthrough for Blue Origin, which has been working towards establishing itself as a leading player in the rapidly growing space industry.
The rocket, which is designed to carry out a variety of tasks including satellite launches and space tourism, lifted off from the company's West Texas test site at 9:51am local time. A 15-second test flight later, Blue Origin confirmed that all systems were go for the main launch attempt.
Bezos himself was on hand to witness the historic moment, donning a SpaceX-style spacesuit as part of his "Day One" mission, which marked the first crewed test of the New Glenn's upper stage. The billionaire entrepreneur tweeted "We did it!" after the successful liftoff.
The rocket soared 35 miles into the atmosphere before jettisoning its payload fairing and reaching an altitude of around 300 miles. It then successfully deployed a series of three small satellites, marking another major milestone for Blue Origin's ambitious space ambitions.
Meanwhile, Bezos himself is set to embark on his first suborbital spaceflight with his brother Mark and Wim Ouboter, the company's Vice President of Launch Operations. The test will take place later this year as part of the "Day One" mission.
The successful launch marks a major breakthrough for Blue Origin, which has been working towards establishing itself as a leading player in the rapidly growing space industry.
so yeah i was thinking about blue origin and how their new glenn rocket is like woah! it's crazy to think that bezos himself got to witness this launch with his own eyes... that spacesuit tho 
. anyway, the fact that they deployed those satellites is huge for space tourism and all that jazz 
. i'm hyped for bezos' suborbital spaceflight later this year, it's gonna be lit! 
and can you imagine the tech that goes into making something like this? diagrams are needed 
You can't have big dreams if you don't dare to dream big 
. Can we just talk about how epic it is that Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket without any glitches or hiccups? Like, yay, Jeff Bezos and his team achieved something amazing! But seriously, why do I have to scroll through all this extraneous info on the original post to find out what's actually happening? Can't we just have a simple "Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket" headline? 
And btw, where's the discussion thread for this news? I'd love to hear some actual opinions from fellow netizens...
and now he's going on his own day one mission later this year 
suborbital spaceflight? mind blown 
300 miles is insane, they're really pushing the limits of what's possible here, so hyped for blue origin's future endeavors 