\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded Thursday in Brevard County, filling the night sky with fire along Florida’s Space Coast. A spokesperson for the U.S. Space Force confirmed the rocket exploded at 9 p.m. at Space Launch Complex 36 during a hotfire test, which Blue Origin itself described earlier on social media.Blue Origin statement”We experienced an anomaly during today’s hotfire test,” Blue Origin’s post states. “All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.” Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said on social media that work is underway to determine the root cause of the explosion.The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement it had received info “that there was a failure of the test firing and an explosion,” adding preliminary reports show no injuries. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was recently transported to Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned Leo New Glenn 1 launch.Launchpad destroyed Chopper 2 was over the charred launchpad on Friday morning. Dozens call 911At least 40 people called 911 in Brevard County, the sheriff’s office said. Several people said it looked like an atomic bomb had gone off. Rocket debrisDebris from the explosion may wash ashore in publicly accessible areas over the coming days or even weeks.Officials reactCongressman Mike Haridopolos, R-Brevard County, said on social media that he had spoken with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and is grateful no injuries were reported.Rep. Haridopolos is the chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. He phoned in to WESH 2 News to discuss the explosion.>>Video below: Congressman Mike Haridopolos joins WESH 2 News to discuss Blue Origin explosionWe also heard from Titusville Mayor Andrew Connors, who called during our live coverage of the explosion to speak with us.>>Video below: Titusville Mayor Andrew Connors discusses Blue Origin explosion on WESH 2 NewsExpert weighs inSpace expert Ken Kremer joined WESH 2 News earlier in the night to discuss the explosion as well.”They were loading propellant into the rocket and they started a static fire test, which is not a launch; the rocket is sitting on the pad and they want to ignite the engines for several seconds to test them all out and make sure everything will work when they do the launch in the next few weeks. That was the plan.” he said.>>Video below: Space expert Ken Kremer joins WESH 2 News to talk Blue Origin explosion Both SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are scheduled to launch Falcon 9 and Atlas V rockets, respectively, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday. >>Video below: Viewer footage of New Glenn explosion>> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded Thursday in Brevard County, filling the night sky with fire<\/a> along Florida’s Space Coast. <\/p>\n A spokesperson for the U.S. Space Force confirmed the rocket exploded at 9 p.m. at Space Launch Complex 36 during a hotfire test, which Blue Origin itself described earlier on social media.<\/p>\n Blue Origin statement<\/p>\n “We experienced an anomaly during today’s hotfire test,” Blue Origin’s post states. “All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.” <\/p>\n Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said on social media that work is underway to determine the root cause of the explosion.<\/p>\n \n\tThis content is imported from Twitter. All personnel are accounted for and safe. 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.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement it had received info “that there was a failure of the test firing and an explosion,” adding preliminary reports show no injuries. <\/p>\n Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket<\/a> was recently transported to Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned Leo New Glenn 1 launch.<\/p>\n Launchpad destroyed <\/p>\n Chopper 2 was over the charred launchpad on Friday morning. <\/p>\n Dozens call 911<\/p>\n At least 40 people called 911 in Brevard County, the sheriff’s office said. <\/p>\n Several people said it looked like an atomic bomb had gone off. <\/p>\n Rocket debris<\/p>\n Debris from the explosion may wash ashore in publicly accessible areas over the coming days or even weeks.<\/p>\n Officials react<\/p>\n Congressman Mike Haridopolos, R-Brevard County, said on social media that he had spoken with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and is grateful no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n \n\tThis content is imported from Twitter. I\u2019ve already spoken with @NASAAdmin<\/a> Jared Isaacman regarding the explosion of Blue Origin\u2019s New Glenn rocket tonight at Kennedy Space Center. I am grateful there were no reported injuries and thankful for the first responders, engineers, and launch crews who acted quickly.\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/m0IAerHZan<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Congressman Mike Haridopolos (@RepHaridopolos) May 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Rep. Haridopolos is the chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. He phoned in to WESH 2 News to discuss the explosion.<\/p>\n >>Video below: Congressman Mike Haridopolos joins WESH 2 News to discuss Blue Origin explosion<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We also heard from Titusville Mayor Andrew Connors, who called during our live coverage of the explosion to speak with us.<\/p>\n >>Video below: Titusville Mayor Andrew Connors discusses Blue Origin explosion on WESH 2 News<\/p>\n Expert weighs in<\/p>\n Space expert Ken Kremer joined WESH 2 News earlier in the night to discuss the explosion as well.<\/p>\n “They were loading propellant into the rocket and they started a static fire test, which is not a launch; the rocket is sitting on the pad and they want to ignite the engines for several seconds to test them all out and make sure everything will work when they do the launch in the next few weeks. That was the plan.” he said.<\/p>\n >>Video below: Space expert Ken Kremer joins WESH 2 News to talk Blue Origin explosion<\/p>\n Both SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are scheduled to launch Falcon 9<\/a> and Atlas V<\/a> rockets, respectively, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday. <\/p>\n >>Video below: Viewer footage of New Glenn explosion<\/p>\n >> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded Thursday in Brevard County, filling the night sky with fire along…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[293491,38291,107953,17179,293478,293501,293480,293497,293482,293485,293488,292954,293484,293477,293496,293481,292959,34722,28,293498,293479,24516,293507,65167,293495,1919,10070,2808,293487,293506,293510,293509,293486,293500,293499,21325,293493,293511,293508,46931,293503,292900,65163,3,11646,22215,293492,293483,293489,293504,25533,33403,9175,293505,293490,1513,293502,16597,14716,1977,57168,293494],"class_list":["post-672809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-aerospace-industry-news","tag-aerospace-technology","tag-atlas-v-rocket","tag-blue-origin","tag-blue-origin-explosion","tag-blue-origin-investigation","tag-blue-origin-launch-accident","tag-blue-origin-launch-failure-at-cape-canaveral","tag-blue-origin-launch-mishap","tag-blue-origin-launch-update","tag-blue-origin-new-glenn","tag-blue-origin-new-glenn-explosion","tag-blue-origin-news","tag-blue-origin-rocket-explosion","tag-blue-origin-rocket-explosion-video","tag-blue-origin-rocket-failure","tag-blue-origin-rocket-malfunction","tag-brevard-county","tag-business","tag-cape-canaveral-launch-accident-today","tag-cape-canaveral-rocket-explosion","tag-cape-canaveral-space-force-station","tag-commercial-rocket-launches","tag-commercial-spaceflight","tag-did-the-blue-origin-rocket-explode","tag-explosion","tag-fire","tag-florida","tag-florida-rocket-launch","tag-florida-space-coast","tag-hotfire-test","tag-inspace-expert-ken-kremer","tag-jeff-bezos-blue-origin","tag-jeff-bezos-rocket-explosion","tag-latest-blue-origin-launch-news","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-failure","tag-leo-new-glenn","tag-mike-haridopolos","tag-more-information","tag-nasa-launch-partner","tag-new-footage-show","tag-new-glenn-rocket","tag-news","tag-night-sky","tag-p-m","tag-rocket-anomaly","tag-rocket-explosion-cape-canaveral","tag-rocket-launch-failure","tag-rocket-launch-safety","tag-social-medium","tag-space-coast","tag-space-exploration","tag-space-industry-news","tag-space-launch-accident","tag-spacex","tag-spacex-vs-blue-origin","tag-thursday","tag-united-launch-alliance","tag-video","tag-wesh","tag-what-happened-to-the-blue-origin-rocket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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