Jeff Bezos

New Glenn, developed by the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and could launch on its maiden flight as early as Friday.

Blue Origin received a $3.4 billion contract to develop a lunar lander.

There were no passengers on board. The mission was carrying a slew of science experiments to the edge of space.

William Shatner's flight is expected to last 10 minutes and reach no higher than about 66 miles.

NASA picked SpaceX for the original contract awarded back in April, only picking one company due to budget constraints.

The Amazon founder became the second billionaire this month to reach the edge of space — following Richard Branson, who rocketed there aboard a vessel made by his company Virgin Galactic.

Oliver Daemon, 18, will join Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, and an 82-year-old aviator on the suborbital mission.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket company shot a capsule higher into space Wednesday than it's ever done before.

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