Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is set to make its very first trip from Central Florida early Friday morning. Learn more:

Blue Origin got its license, the payload is secure and now it has a target launch window to try and send up its New Glenn rocket for the first time.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX announced plans for yet another Starlink mission launch from Florida’s Space Coast. According to the company, a Falcon 9 rocket will carry 21 Starlink satellites — including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities — into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are gearing up for a busy January, including SpaceX Starlink internet satellite missions, Blue Origin's maiden flight of the mighty New Glenn rocket, and the NASA-SpaceX Blue Ghost moon lander mission.

Blue Origin's inaugural flight of New Glenn rocket set for Friday from Florida Space Coast Rivkah Reyes, who played bassist Katie in the 2003 Jack Black film, shared a video from the wedding on TikTok.

Nearly 25 years after Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin, the company is finally poised to send its first rocket to orbit. New Glenn could lift off as early as next week.

Beachside spectators have monitored the rocket and Launch Complex 36 pre-launch activities on the horizon for weeks, including a Dec. 27 hot-fire test.

A rocket is expected to be launched at a launchpad in Florida that has been inactive for almost two decades. A new rocket about 98 meters long, developed by Blue Origin, is being prepared for the first flight,