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.

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

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.

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.

Shrugging off bad weather, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its powerful New Glenn rocket on its maiden flight early Thursday, lighting up a cloudy overnight sky as it climbed away from Cape Canaveral in a high-stakes bid to compete with Elon Musk's industry-leading SpaceX.

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.

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.

Jeff Bezos, the second richest man in the world ... Not to be outdone, his rival, SpaceX founder Elon Musk – the richest man on the planet – launched a Starship rocket from his Starbase ...

Tesla CEO and Amazon founder vie for dominance of satellite launch market and could influence Nasa plans to return to Moon

The presidential pardon for the more than 1,500 arrested in the riot — including those who attacked police officers or were convicted for crimes such as seditious conspiracy — is an utterly depressing bookend to the reframing of a narrative that sees the bloody truth wiped clean.