A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company exploded during a ground test known as a hotfire at a Florida launch pad on Thursday night. The New Glenn rocket, named after John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit Earth, experienced an “anomaly” at approximately 9 p.m. E.T. at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Read more: time.com/article/2026/05/29/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-rocket-explodes-launch-pad-video-response Subscribe to TIME’s YouTube channel ►► ti.me/subscribe-time Subscribe to TIME: ti.me/3E3UCqt Get the day’s top headlines to your inbox, curated by TIME editors: ti.me/48dFNwQ Follow us: X (Twitter): ti.me/3xTVwSk Facebook: ti.me/3xWI2Fg Instagram: ti.me/3dO9Rcc #BlueOrigin