Jeff Bezos, the second-richest man alive, turned 61 years old on Sunday. Since his youth in New Mexico, Bezos has gone through college, founded several companies — you may have heard of a few of them — and knocked milestone after milestone in the dust. Here’s a (brief) account of some major events in the life of the 236-billion-dollar man.

Blue Origin expects the New Glenn to provide a viable alternative to SpaceX's market-dominating Falcon family of rockets.

The launch will mark Blue Origin’s first foray into the business of sending rockets to orbit. If successful, it could position the company to better compete with SpaceX.