If New Glenn lifts off on Monday as planned, the Amazon founder’s rocket company will be on track to give Elon Musk’s SpaceX some genuine competition.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin on Monday called off its inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket after a number of last-minute issues – hurting the space firm in its race to compete with Elon Musk’s dominant SpaceX. The 320-foot rocket was scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1 a.m. ET before the launch was aborted.

The Amazon founder’s space company marked a major milestone Thursday with the first test flight of its New Glenn rocket.

While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.

Blue Origin's New Glenn finally roared into orbit in the early hours of Thursday, with SpaceX's Starship rocket set to launch hours later.

After more than a decade of development, hype and pent-up demand, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace venture Blue Origin will at long last attempt to put a rocket into orbit. New Glenn, originally intended to

Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez showed up to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday wearing a risqué lingerie-inspired top underneath a tight-fitting white blazer.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner exchanged greetings with Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez and Elon Musk at the candlelight dinner for Donald Trump at the National Building Museum Sunday night.

Among the guests at Donald Trump's second inauguration in Washington, D.C. today were three billionaire tech CEOs: Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg. They were also joined by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

The scheduled Sunday launch could mark a new phase in competition in the commercial space market, and pave the way for the deployment of Amazon's Kuiper satellite network.

"Elon has been very clear that he's doing this for the public interest and not for his personal gain," Bezos said in a new interview.

It was a “magical evening” for Lauren Sanchez on Sunday at a candlelight dinner for President-elect Donald Trump. She said so herself on Instagram ahead of accompanying her fiancé Jeff Bezos for the celebration held at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.