Bezos’ Blue Origin Lofts NASA Craft, Nails Booster Landing

Blue Origin LLC launched its flagship New Glenn rocket to space and successfully deployed two Mars-bound NASA spacecraft on Thursday in a major feat for the Jeff Bezos-backed company in its quest to compete with SpaceX.

The rocket, roughly 320-feet (97.5 meters) tall, thundered off the launchpad at 3:55 p.m. New York time.