Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin will launch its first orbital rocket "no earlier than Friday", it said, a pivotal moment in the commercial space race currently dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

NG-1 will also help get New Glenn certified to launch national security missions for the U.S. government, if all goes according to plan. Generally, new rockets must ace two flight

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.

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,