Blue Origin’s New Glenn will launch on Sunday—initiating Bezos’s challenge to SpaceX

New Glenn has been a core focus for Blue Origin since the beginning of its decade-long development.

Jeff Bezos‘s Blue Origin is set for an inaugural launch of its giant New Glenn rocket on Sunday, a long-awaited first leap to Earth orbit that sets up one of the biggest challenges yet to industry dominance enjoyed by Elon Musk‘s SpaceX.