A Blue Origin rocket exploded during a “hotfire test” at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday night.
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Everyone has been accounted for and is safe, Jeff Bezos, the company’s founder, said.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he was aware of the incident, which he… pic.twitter.com/fEqyxl3eit
A Blue Origin rocket exploded during a “hotfire test” at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday night.
Everyone has been accounted for and is safe, Jeff Bezos, the company’s founder, said.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he was aware of the incident, which he called an “anomaly,” and the agency would provide information on any impacts to Artemis or Moon Base programs.
“Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult. We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets,” he said.
NASA is aware of the anomaly that occurred tonight at Launch Complex 36 involving Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. ⁰⁰Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult. We will work with…
— NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) May 29, 2026
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