Rocket Report: Blue Origin Explosion Still Making Headlines; Impulse Raises Money

NASA’s moon plans take hit with Blue Origin explosion

Blue Origin is a central player in NASA’s moon project, but those plans took a big hit Thursday night when one of Jeff Bezos’ rockets catastrophically exploded into a giant mushroom cloud on its Cape Canaveral launch pad. It’s unknown…

Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money

Welcome to Edition 8.44 of the Rocket Report! The news this week is decidedly weighted in favor of heavy-lift rockets, largely due to the fallout from last Thursday's explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn on its launch pad in Florida. Blue Origin aims to resume launches at the badly damaged launch facility by the end of the year, but there's good reason to be skeptical of this timeline. With New Glenn grounded, will Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos…

Blue Origin rocket explosion throws off future of Artemis

Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question

Rocket Blast Data From Blue Origin Explosion Reshapes Safety Rules at Cape Canaveral

The fireball lit up the Florida night. On May 28, 2026, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket tore itself apart during a static fire test at Launch Complex 36. The blast destroyed the 322-foot vehicle and damaged the pad’s mobile tower and one of its lightning rods. No one was hurt. Yet the event delivered something safety officials had long sought: concrete measurements of what happens when a large methane-fueled rocket explodes. Col. Brian Chatman, c…