- Blue Origin (BORGN), a space technology company owned by Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, launched its new rocket, the New Glenn, on its first test flight Thursday.
- Blue Origin had cancelled inaugural launch on Monday after multiple delays due to some last-minute anomalies.
- The new Glenn took off from Florida, making it the latest in a series of large, new rockets launched in recent years.
- The company spent over $1 billion on the New Glenn launch site.