Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has lifted off from Florida and entered orbit

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has  lifted off from Florida and entered orbit for the first  time.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has lifted off from Florida and entered orbit for the  first time.
However, the booster  rocket, designed to land on a platform in the Atlantic so it  could be  reused, did not land.
The rocket, New Glenn, is named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit  the Earth.
Bezos, the billionaire  founder of Amazon, wants his company to become a rival to Elon Musk's  SpaceX.
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Journalist specializing in climate and  science
It's emotional  to see a rocket  lift off - years of hard work and  aspiration go into getting these  massive machines off a launch pad and into  orbit.
And whatever your opinion on the merits of spending billions of dollars on space exploration, it is a spectacular feat of  engineering.
Blue Origin will be  pleased to have achieved its  primary goal of sending New Glenn into orbit for the first  time.
He failed to land  his booster  on the landing  pad, but that was a  "plus" and not a critical part of this  mission.
She challenges Jeff  Bezos' rival, Elon  Musk, as the two men  battle for dominance in  space. The two companies are competing  to see who has the biggest and most powerful rocket. Bezos is still behind in the race, but this is a big step forward for  him.
"We're just getting started,"  a Blue Origin spokeswoman  said as she  disconnected from the live  stream.

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