A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for its inaugural launch at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 10. Joe Skipper/Reuters.

Blue Origin, the rocket company Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos founded, notched one of the most substantial successes in its history on Thursday: sending a rocket to orbit. The debut flight of New ...

Blue Origin successfully launched its two-stage heavy-lift New Glenn rocket on its unmanned maiden voyage into space early Thursday, achieving the mission's primary goal of reaching orbit.