{"id":288880,"date":"2026-05-29T13:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288880\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:24:12","slug":"jeff-bezos-elon-musk-jared-isaacman-react-to-florida-rocket-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288880\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Jared Isaacman react to Florida rocket explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/tech\/science\/space\/2026\/05\/28\/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-apparently-explodes-on-launch-pad-in-cape-canaveral-florida--live\/90305379007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Blue Origin rocket;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Blue Origin rocket&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Blue Origin rocket<\/a> exploded on the pad last night <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/state\/2026\/05\/29\/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-explosion-debris-beaches-health-risk\/90310071007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:during an engine test;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;during an engine test&quot;}\" class=\"link \">during an engine test<\/a> at Florida&#8217;s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 320-foot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/04\/28\/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-lunar-lander\/89832784007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:New Glenn rocket;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New Glenn rocket&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New Glenn rocket<\/a> was undergoing an engine &#8220;hot fire test&#8221; at Launch Complex 36 when it exploded on the pad about 9 p.m. Thursday, May 28. There were no injuries or fatalities, and no threat to the general public, officials announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blue Origin officials posted a brief statement on X following the explosion: &#8220;We experienced an anomaly during today&#8217;s hotfire test. All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Blue Origin is owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/personalfinance\/real-estate\/2025\/06\/30\/billionaire-bunker-jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez\/84420494007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos&quot;}\" class=\"link \">billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos<\/a>, who founded the private aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>See video of Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explosionWhat did Jeff Bezos say about Blue Origin explosion?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bezos posted a message to X an hour after the explosion, writing: &#8220;It\u2019s too early to know the root cause but we\u2019re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we\u2019ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It\u2019s worth it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Blue Origin rocket exploded on the pad last night during an engine test at Florida&#8217;s Cape Canaveral&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13372,28,30,29,8372,122247],"class_list":["post-288880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-blue-origin","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jeff-bezos","tag-rocket-explosion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}