Bezos’ space company Blue Origin started at about the same time as Musk’s SpaceX but since then Musk’s firm has launched more than 400 of its Falcon 9 rockets into orbit and is testing out its giant Starship rocket which it hopes will send astronauts to the Moon and one day possibly on to Mars.

The 320-foot New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off before dawn with a prototype satellite from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off before dawn Monday with a prototype satellite. But ice formed in a purge line for a unit powering some of the rocket’s hydraulic systems and launch controllers ran out of time to clear it,

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch has been postponed due to ice buildup in plumbing. Scheduled for Tuesday, poor weather could cause further delays. The rocket, named after John Glenn, is significantly larger than Blue Origin's New Shepard and aims to compete with SpaceX in the space industry.