Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its New Glenn rocket early Monday because of an unspecified technical issue.
The 320-foot rocket—named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth—was supposed to blast off at 1:30 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
But the launch was delayed several times and the final attempt, at 3:15 a.m. was aborted.
The rocket, carrying a prototype spacecraft, remained in place, with the fuel being immediately drained of methane and liquid oxygen propellants to prevent an accident.
Blue Origin—which was founded by the owner of Amazon.com Inc., Bezos, 25 years ago—said the team would need more time to resolve the problem….