NASA’s Artemis program has little room for error if it is to land astronauts on the moon by the end of 2028, but Blue Origin could be out of commission for at least a year.

The explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is a big setback for the spaceflight company and will have implications for NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.

Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, achieved a significant milestone with the successful test flight of its New Glenn rocket on the early morning of January 16, 2025. This launch marked the company's first venture into placing a payload into Earth's orbit,

During an evening test fire on May 28, 2026, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded, engulfing the launchpad in a massive fireball. The spectacular fire, caught on video, not only destroyed the rocket but also appears to have significantly damaged Blue Origin’s only launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

A Blue Origin rocket exploded on a launchpad during a test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The fiery incident took place on Thursday, May 28. The rocket was intended for the fourth New Glenn mission,

Blue Origin shared that in its recent mission last November 13, its New Glenn's second deployment (NG-2) successfully landed its fully reusable booster. The booster rocket named "Never Tell Me The Odds," taken from a famed quote of "Star Wars" character ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin joined Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the club of commercial companies to launch, land and refly a rocket booster during a mission that lifted off from the Space Coast early Sunday, although the ultimate deployment of the mission payload ...