SpaceX has confirmed Flight 7 will be no earlier than Monday, Jan. 13 from Boca Chica, Texas.) Coming soon to American launch pads: the competition of the heavy lifters as Jeff Bezos' New Glenn and Elon Musk's Starship may take to the skies within a very close timespan.

The Space Coast could welcome a big player to the launch landscape tonight with the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.

The successful launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket this week would have a notable impact on local space exploration.

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.

After years of development, Blue Origin is finally ready to conduct the maiden test flight of the company’s New Glenn rocket. The flight is currently scheduled for a three-hour launch window on Friday, Jan. 10, starting at 1 am EST. The company plans to begin live streaming the event on BlueOrigin.com about an hour before the launch.

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 could revolutionize the space industry with its New Glenn rocket. Here's how it stacks up against SpaceX's Falcon 9.

Blue Origin's New Glenn on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Blue Origin Image) Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture says it's

Beachside spectators have monitored the rocket and Launch Complex 36 pre-launch activities on the horizon for weeks, including a Dec. 27 hot-fire test.

Blue Origin, the spaceflight company set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is about to perform the first launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

If you’re hearing rumors about when the brand-new mega-rocket from a company other than SpaceX will launch from our Space Coast for the first time on a test flight, you’re not alone.