Uh-oh, went on a hold. I was going to stay up the 12 minutes to watch the freakin’ live launch...
Blue Origin feed (sez here) on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXysNxbGdCg
Everyday Astronaut’s YouTube coverage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqW1OjVepCk
Well,New Glenn made it to orbit. The lunch was spectacular.
Unfortunately, they did lose the first stage. The three middle engines ignited, but after that they lost data. I don’t know whether it exploded or if it crashed into the ocean. As I recall, SpaceX didn’t get everything right the first time either.
Still, Blue Origin made it’s main goal, which was getting into orbit safely. Gotta congratulate them for that.