Standing atop Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the company’s New Glenn rocket conducted a successful 24-second seven-engine hotfire on Friday night (Dec. 27). It was the first time that the entire launch vehicle operated as a integrated system.

The rocket stages are fabricated at Blue Origin’s factory in ... It had previously been used for government launches from 1962-2005, including lunar lander Surveyor 1 in 1967 and some of the Mariner probes. Bezos has invested more than $1 billion alone ...