Blue Origin, which was established in 2000 by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has been developing New Glenn for about a decade. The 320-foot-tall (98 meters) rocket sports a reusable first stage and can deliver about 50 tons (45 metric tons) of payload to low Earth orbit (LEO).

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s targeting the first-ever launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket for no earlier than the night of Jan.

Like SpaceX, Blue Origin is going to attempt to land the first-stage of its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin's equivalent of SpaceX's drone ship is a landing platform known as Jacklyn, which was named for founder Jeff Bezos' mother.

The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch the vehicle to orbit.

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper. Still, it's overshadowed by SpaceX's Starship, which current launches from Texas and may launch from Kennedy Space Center in the coming years. Starship looms over all rockets throughout history at a whooping 395 feet tall.

Blue Origin put its orbital-class New Glenn rocket through its last major test in preparation for the rocket's first-ever launch.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket successfully completed a critical milestone marking the final major test before its first flight.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin is poised to launch its first orbital rocket next week, marking a pivotal moment in the commercial space race currently dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, is preparing for a landmark moment in its journey into the orbital launch market. Its first orbital rocket, New Glenn, is set to launch as early as Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida,