The explosion happened Thursday night at Cape Canaveral around 9 p.m. ET during final preparations for a static fire test ahead of the NG-4 mission, which was set to launch Amazon's satellites in early June. No one was hurt, and Blue Origin called it an anomaly, with Jeff Bezos vowing to investigate and rebuild. The blast wrecked the 320-foot rocket, toppled a lightning tower, and will likely delay the program for months pending an FAA investigation.
Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Explodes on Florida Launch Pad
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