https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/369511 > As the world closely followed in the footsteps of Elon Musk's space company, SpaceX , Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos made significant progress on his own space project, Blue Origin . The New Shepard rocket made a successful takeoff and landing on its test flight and is now closer to sending astronauts into space. > On Wednesday, Bezos' Blue Origin launched the New Shepard NS-15 rocket from its base in Texas and managed to land it safely. The spacecraft is a combination space capsule and reusable rocket , with which the company plans to take astronauts and civilian crew members on commercial trips into space.