{"id":450509,"date":"2026-05-29T04:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450509\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:16:16","slug":"watch-blue-origin-rocket-explodes-on-launch-pad-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450509\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  [&amp;_p]:tit-sub-xl tit-sub-xl md:[&amp;_p]:d-tit-sub-xl md:d-tit-sub-xl mb-[1.3rem]\">A Blue Origin rocket has exploded during a test at the launch pad, shaking nearby homes and briefly painting the sky orange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin said its New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test. All personnel were accounted for, the company said via X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Emergency officials said there was no threat due to fumes or other potential hazards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">The massive New Glenn was grounded in April after it left a satellite in the wrong orbit because of engine failure. It was only the third flight of the rocket that Blue Origin intends to use to launch landers to the moon for NASA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">Homes shook in nearby Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach around 9pm, with residents turning to social media to wonder what happened. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station&#8217;s Launch Complex 36 is visible from the beach, and the internet quickly filled with photos of an orange fireball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">&#8220;We experienced an anomaly during today\u2019s hotfire test,&#8221; Blue Origin said in a brief statement. &#8220;We will provide updates as we learn more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-paragraph articleLinkText  lg mb-4\">New Glenn made its debut in 2025 from Cape Canaveral. It was named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Blue Origin rocket has exploded during a test at the launch pad, shaking nearby homes and briefly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,64,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-450509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-north-america","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}