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Blue Origin’s sub-orbital mission has been getting all the buzz this week. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, along with three other crewmates, flew in space for a little under 11 minutes on board the New Shepard spacecraft, in the company's first human space flight.

Private space company Blue Origin released details of a new rocket, called New Glenn, that will tower over the competition from SpaceX. The rocket is named in honor of astronaut John Glenn.

Florida ranks second in attracting aerospace manufacturing business in the U.S. According to a firm that tracks the industry, that’s a drop from first place last year.

A UCF experiment was one of the first science payloads to fly on a Blue Origin rocket.

Blue Orgin's Jeff Bezos invited journalists to tour the company’s Washington State headquarters. It’s a rare move for the private company – Blue Origin has a reputation for keeping things under wraps.

Blue Origin successfully launched and landed a rocket for the first time, beating SpaceX to the punch. The booster landed about four feet from the launch pad – vertical and intact.

Space Florida and Blue Origin inked a deal for an Air Force Launch Pad and manufacturing plant. The deal comes about a month after Blue Origin founder announced plans to come to the Space Coast.

Blue Origin reached a critical milestone in the development of a new rocket engine. The private space company says it completed over 100 tests of the BE-4 engine, and testing will continue here in Central Florida.

The gloves came off for the second round of the GOP primary debate.Eleven candidates jostled for attention former Florida Governor Jeb Bush sparred with front runner Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio took the opportunity to highlight the story of his immigrant family and air some of his foreign policy ideas. How presidential were the two Florida candidates in this debate?

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is bringing his private space company Blue Origin to Cape Canaveral.