Blue Origin will launch its first-ever New Glenn rocket on Jan. 10. Here's what time it will fly and where to look to watch it.

John Glenn was "deeply touched" that Blue Origin named its first orbital-class rocket after him.

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

Jeff Bezos’s space company is about to launch New Glenn, a reusable rocket intended to rival SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, for the first time

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.

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

Like SpaceX, Blue Origin is going to attempt to land the first-stage of its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin's equivalent of SpaceX's drone ship is a landing platform known as Jacklyn, which was named for founder Jeff Bezos' mother.

Blue Origin on Monday revealed plans for the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket from Florida’s Space Coast.

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.