Blue Origin New Glenn EXPLODES During Pre-Launch Testing | Analysis

BREAKINGspace · May 29, 2026 · 4:59 · English · News

Video from the channel BREAKINGspace about New Glenn, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:59. Language: English. Video type: News.

Blue Origin's New Glenn exploded at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral during a static fire attempt. It was the test preceding the return-to-flight mission after the second-stage anomaly on the New Glenn 3 mission, which left an AST SpaceMobile satellite in the wrong orbit.

After a first attempt was aborted, an anomalous flash appeared at the base of the seven BE-4 engines and grew until it reached the second stage. The explosion destroyed the rocket, the erector, and the lightning tower, and shook the umbilical tower, which stands over 150 m tall. Weeks earlier, another second stage had exploded at a test facility at Kennedy.

Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos confirmed that all personnel were safe. The analysis anticipates a lengthy rebuild of the complex, with effects on Artemis.