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.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket for the first time Blue Origin expected to launch its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral, FL and attempt to recover the first stage booster on a seafaring barge.