Blue Origin's New Glenn finally roared into orbit in the early hours of Thursday, with SpaceX's Starship rocket set to launch hours later.

Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, often rivals in both business and space exploration, appear to have reconciled. The world's two richest men publicly exchanged congratulatory messages this week,

Tesla CEO and Amazon founder vie for dominance of satellite launch market and could influence Nasa plans to return to Moon

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, two tech moguls who have spent years battling it out for supremacy in the space race, seem to have buried the hatchet—at least, publicly. Their friendly exchange on social media following the results of their respective rocket launches marks a possible end to their long-standing rivalry.

Blue Origin, SpaceX attempted important launch missions on Thursday and witnessed their respective founders develop a cordial relationship.

Billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos was set to celebrate his 61st birthday in grand fashion with the heavy-lift orbital launch of the New Glenn rocket on

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are expected to attend Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, two sources told CBS News. According to Forbes, they are the three richest people in the world, worth an estimated $850 billion combined. CNBC was first to report their plans to attend the president-elect's inauguration.

They will be sitting on the dais during the swearing-in as Silicon Valley leaders aim to make inroads with Trump, who attacked Big Tech during his first presidency.

Donald Trump will return to Washington on Saturday to kick off days of pageantry to herald his second inauguration as president.

While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.

Elon Musk, has struck yet again. The world’s richest man has been sharing a series of posts and memes about himself and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos to debunk all the rivalry rumors between Musk's SpaceX and Bezos' Blue Origin in space exploration and the satellite internet business.