#Rocket

The explosion happened during a routine engine hotfire test at Cape Canaveral ahead of New Glenn’s planned June mission.

The Jeff Bezos-backed firm's New Glenn rocket blew up Thursday evening while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a hotfire test at Cape Canaveral on May 28, 2026, destroying the vehicle on the pad. No injuries occurred, but the incident follows an upper-stage failure in April and delays planned launches for Amazon's…

Spaceflight Now shared their video of the explosion, which the Orlando Sentinel describes as showing Blue Origin's rocket "become engulfed in flames.…

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a Florida ground test, leaving crews to assess launch-site damage, debris risks, and the cause of the fireball.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is assessing damage to its launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing, creating a giant orange fireball seen and felt for miles around.

A giant Blue Origin rocket, taller than the Statue of Liberty, went up in a spectacular fireball on Thursday in Florida. It meant the loss of years of work and untold millions of dollars.…

Blue Origin assess the impact of Thursday's New Glenn explosion, prompting concern about NASA moon program delays.

NASA had tapped Jeff Bezos’ rocket company to carry vehicles to the moon this year and had hoped to test its lunar lander in the Artemis III mission. Both now seem unlikely.

Massive fireball during routine test means Nasa’s Artemis programme could entirely depend on Musk’s unproven Starship rocket

Footage of the incident shows the rocket erupting into a massive fireball, sending towering flames and thick smoke into the night sky.

The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida and may have long-term implications for the company's ambitions.

The fiery loss of a New Glenn rocket means unknown delays for the Artemis lunar program.

A massive fireball lit up the Florida coast this week after Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, suffered a dramatic failure during a critical rocket test—raising big questions about what happens next in the billionaire space race.…