Blue Origin will try, try again to launch its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket to orbit for the first time — if the Florida weather cooperates.

The heavy-lift vehicle's second stage successfully carried the private space company's Blue Ring pathfinder test equipment into a final target orbit after a pair of engine burns. "Getting to orbit is hard.

The billionaire space race entered a new phase today when Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launched its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida.