While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.

The Amazon founder’s space company marked a major milestone Thursday with the first test flight of its New Glenn rocket.

Blue Origin's New Glenn finally roared into orbit in the early hours of Thursday, with SpaceX's Starship rocket set to launch hours later.

Shrugging off bad weather, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its powerful New Glenn rocket on its maiden flight early Thursday, lighting up a cloudy overnight sky as it climbed away from Cape Canaveral in a high-stakes bid to compete with Elon Musk's industry-leading SpaceX.

Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed. The flight is a crucial test of the company’s ability to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez showed up to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday wearing a risqué lingerie-inspired top underneath a tight-fitting white blazer.

Earlier this month, Bannon called Musk "truly evil," after the Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder had adamantly backed H-1B visas. Bannon and other conservatives have opposed the visas and argued that skilled-worker program takes jobs away from American citizens.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner exchanged greetings with Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez and Elon Musk at the candlelight dinner for Donald Trump at the National Building Museum Sunday night.

Among the guests at Donald Trump's second inauguration in Washington, D.C. today were three billionaire tech CEOs: Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg. They were also joined by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

It was a “magical evening” for Lauren Sanchez on Sunday at a candlelight dinner for President-elect Donald Trump. She said so herself on Instagram ahead of accompanying her fiancé Jeff Bezos for the celebration held at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.

Founded 25 years ago by Bezos, Blue Origin has been launching paying passengers to the edge of space since 2021, including himself. The short hops from Texas use smaller rockets named after the first American in space, Alan Shepard. New Glenn, which honors John Glenn, is five times taller.

and SpaceX's giant Starship is 403 feet tall. New Glenn is named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Related: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches new rocket in ...