Blue Origin Is First To Achieve Reusable Rocket (VIDEO)

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos proudly announced how his private spaceflight company, Blue Origin, made history Monday by successfully lreturning a used rocket to Earth and landing it.

Blue Origin made the successful landing in the space company's launch site in the desert of West Texas.

The flight and recovery of the New Shepard vehicle beat Elon Musk's SpaceX in the quest to build a reusable rocket, a central goal for companies trying to cut the cost of lofting freight and astronauts into Earth's orbit, Bloomberg reports.

Bezos, feeling rightfully proud, chose this achievement to the topic of his first ever tweet.