The world’s second richest man has now got a rocket in space alongside the world’s richest man, after Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket entered orbit. The spacecraft, called New Glenn, passed the Kármán line—the internationally recognised boundary of space—at around 2 a.

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