Blue Origin's New Glenn mega-rocket exploded during testing at Cape Canaveral, Florida, as confirmed by live streams and the company on Friday, May 29, 2026.
Blue Origin's New Glenn exploded in a static fire test at Cape Canaveral, putting the 12 planned 2026 launches at risk. Back-to-back failures delay Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation and raise serious execution risk in Blue Origin's race against SpaceX.
The explosion occurred just before an anticipated fourth launch of the new rocket in the coming weeks
May 29, 2026
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What's the storyJeff Bezos's space company, Blue Origin, suffered a major setback when its New Glenn mega-rocket exploded during a static fire test at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The explosion occurred just before an anticipated fourth launch of the new rocket in the coming weeks.
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Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, had successfully launched its third New Glenn Rocket last month.
