The smoke and the giant fireball: the Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad. The images

The New Glenn rocket from Blue Origin, an aerospace company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, exploded during testing on the launch pad. “We encountered an anomaly during today’s static ignition test,” the company founded …

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The smoke and the giant fireball: the Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad. The images

The New Glenn rocket from Blue Origin, an aerospace company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, exploded during testing on the launch pad. “We encountered an anomaly during today’s static ignition test,” the company founded by Jeff Bezos reported in a post on

The aerospace company had said it aimed to place 48 satellites into low Earth orbit on behalf of Amazon, in a bid to expand the e-commerce giant’s broadband capabilities. The explosion represents the latest setback for the company. Its New Glenn rocket had failed on its mission to place a communications satellite in the correct orbit, leading to the launch of an investigation.

The images of the explosion

Video circulating in US media shows smoke billowing from underneath the rocket, before it turns into a huge fireball.

“It’s too early to know the cause of the accident, but we are already working to identify it. A really difficult day, but we will rebuild everything that is necessary and we will fly again. It’s worth it,” Bezos wrote on X.

Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, Blue Origin’s rival company, expressed his regret, calling the incident “very unfortunate”.

Jack Williams

Jack Williams

Jack Williams established himself as the editor-in-chief of The Vermilion with rigorous journalistic traits and an incessant quest for truth. His career began as an investigative reporter, where he quickly gained a reputation for his in-depth research and insightful articles. Williams takes his role at The Vermilion very seriously. Since he became editor-in-chief, he has set an editorial line based on impartiality, factual accuracy, and context relevance; this has established The Vermilion as a reference for political, economic, and global news. Under his leadership, the media continues its mission of reporting news with accuracy and equanimity, giving a voice to those who are often overlooked by large-scale media. Jack dedicates himself to fulfilling this mandate with passion, rigour, and unwavering determination.

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