The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch the vehicle to orbit.

On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration gave Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin approval for its first-ever mission of the New Glenn vehicle, potentially allowing the aerospace firm to reach its 2024 launch goal.

New Glenn will lift off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral with Blue Origin’s Blue Ring Pathfinder—a prototype spacecraft designed to host and transport up to 3,000 kilograms of payloads, refuel visiting spacecraft, and enable in-space computing and communications.

Blue Origin Jeff Bezos aerospace company has received its first commercial space launch license for the New Glenn rocket from the FAA

Nearly a quarter century after its founding, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is gearing up to launch an orbital rocket for the first time — and finally enter the

The FAA says Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has “met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements” to launch its heavy-lift rocket New Glenn.

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper. Still, it's overshadowed by SpaceX's Starship, which current launches from Texas and may launch from Kennedy Space Center in the coming years.

Blue Origin wanted to launch its huge New Glenn rocket by the end of 2024, but that didn't happen. Now, it joins seven other launches scheduled for January at the Space Coast. Click for details.