Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA’s Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos share a bunch of things in common. They both have over a billion dollars, they're both among the richest people on earth, they're both titans of the tech industry and they're both heavily investing in private companies on space missions.