Blue Origin successfully launched its massive New Glenn rocket with a pair of NASA spacecraft to Mars on Thursday. This is only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos’ company and NASA rely on to transport people and supplies to the Moon. The 321-foot (98-meter) New Glenn soars into the afternoon sky from the Cape Canaveral space station, sending NASA’s twin Mars orbiters on a long journey to the Red Planet. Company employees cheer wildly as the booster lands upright on a barge 600km offshore while an ecstatic Bezos watches the action from launch control.
