The Maiden Launch of New Glenn from Blue Origin

A private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos has postponed the planned launch of its new giant rocket.

Blue Origin was counting down toward the launch of its first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket at 1:00 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 10), but rough weather in the Atlantic Ocean — where part of the rocket is expected to land — forced a two-day delay. The launch is now set for Sunday (Jan. 12) at the same time from Blue Origin's pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. You'll be able to watch the New Glenn launch live on Space.com, courtesy of Blue Origin.

"We're shifting our NG-1 launch date to no earlier than January 12 due to a high sea state in the Atlantic where we hope to land our booster," Blue Origin wrote in a statement on the social media site X today (Jan. 9). "Our three-hour window remains the same, opening Sunday at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC)."