The incident could disrupt a key part of the defense company’s rocket motor business, which designs and tests prototype motors for military customers.
The company said in a statement that all personnel have been accounted for.
After a May explosion damaged its launch pad, Blue Origin cleared the site and still plans to fly this year.
Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon "Leo" internet satellites into orbit.
Blue Origin has started rebuilding the launch pad damaged by the explosion of its New Glenn rocket, but it's working from a ...
Blue Origin was poised to be a key contributor to the Artemis missions, along with SpaceX, and now that timeline is likely in question.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on a launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday night. No injuries were reported, and officials said the public was not at risk. Blue Origin warned in a ...
On June 28, 2015, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded minutes after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
NASA has tapped Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin for several contracts in the agency's Artemis return-to-the-moon program.
The new first stage for an upcoming Blue Origin New Glenn mission exploded on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral on Thursday night.
The 320-foot rocket was undergoing an engine "hotfire test" when it apparently exploded and was quickly engulfed in flames.
Before the explosion, Blue Origin was on track to launch a prototype lunar lander to the moon on a New Glenn this fall, with ...