Jeff Bezos, the second richest man in the world, successfully blasted off a 320-foot-tall rocket ship made by his Blue Origin company from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the early hours of the morning. It made the company the first to successfully reach orbit on its first launch of an orbital-class rocket.

The mission, the culmination of a decade-long, multi-billion-dollar development journey, will include an attempt to land New Glenn’s first stage booster on a sea-fairing barge in the Atlantic Ocean 10 minutes after lift-off, while the rocket’s second stage continues toward orbit.

The three wealthiest Americans, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, sat together Monday at the second inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Jeff Bezos told Reuters on Sunday that he trusts Elon Musk will not leverage his relationship with President-elect Donald Trump against Blue Origin. Bezos expressed optimism about the new

"My own opinion is that we should do both – we need to go to the moon and we should go to Mars," Bezos said, when asked if he was concerned about changes to NASA's moon program. Jeff Bezos speaks about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space ...

Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA’s Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.

In recent years, Space X has been a clear winner in space tech, even managing to catch a booster for the most powerful rocket ever built on a pair of ‘chopsticks’ last year, and stepping in to rescue two astronauts still stranded in space after the Boeing Starliner which carried them there was deemed not safe enough to take them home.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch marks a significant step in Jeff Bezos' rivalry with SpaceX and future Mars exploration.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

The blossoming relationship between President Donald Trump and tech titan Elon Musk was on full display throughout Monday's inauguration ceremonies.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, downplays fears that Elon Musk’s ties to President-elect Trump might undermine his company. Bezos believes Musk’s

As companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic make waves in space tourism, how long does the rest of the world have to wait before we can all become astronauts?

During his second inauguration speech, President Donald Trump endorsed a Mars mission as a part of America’s push into new horizons.