Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space dreams are taking flight on a new level. On Thursday, Bezos' Blue Origin company launched its big rocket, called New Glenn. It lifted off at 2:30 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida,

Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin, successfully launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit on its first test flight on Thursday (January 16). The launch took place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida,

Blue Origin expects the New Glenn to provide a viable alternative to SpaceX's market-dominating Falcon family of rockets.