Key infrastructure remains intact after the major mishap
The incident boosts SpaceX’s dominance in commercial launch market
The shockwaves from Thursday's explosion will reverberate all the way to the moon.
NASA awarded the company a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars just two days before last week's explosion.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin says last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad
New Glenn exploded during test, fuel tanks survived; Blue Origin targets return to flight by end of 2026. NASA awarded Artemis contracts days prior; delays threaten 2028 landing and risk handing SpaceX sole control of deep-space missions.
Explosión de New Glenn en test, pero tanques e inyectores intactos; CEO promete vuelo antes de fin de año. Crítico para Artemis NASA (2028); competencia SpaceX. Retrasos amplían vendor lock-in y costos federales.
New Glenn's launchpad is so cooked, satellites can see the char from orbit.
El cohete New Glenn estalló la semana pasada en Cabo Cañaveral, en Florida
Blue Origin says fuel tanks and the support tower survived the New Glenn explosion, pledging to fly again this year as NASA depends on the rocket for Artemis moon missions.
Damage to Blue Origin's lone launch pad in the wake of last week's spectacular explosion was not as severe as initially feared, the company said.