00:01Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was destroyed in a dramatic explosion during an engine test
00:07on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Thursday night. The blast sent a fireball into the sky
00:13and shook homes in the surrounding area. No injuries were reported. The company confirmed
00:19the vehicle was undergoing a pre-launch engine firing ahead of a planned satellite mission
00:24scheduled for next week when the incident occurred. The setback adds pressure on the
00:30New Glenn program following a previous flight anomaly earlier this year that left a satellite
00:36in the wrong orbit. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk also reacted to the incident, offering support
00:42to Blue Origin and writing on X, sorry to see this, I hope you recover quickly. The rocket
00:49is central to Blue Origin's plans for large-scale satellite deployment and future lunar missions
00:54tied to NASA's Artemis program. The program will eventually see humans return to its surface
01:00for the first time since the Apollo missions. Blue Origin has recently secured contracts linked
01:06to the upcoming Artemis flights.
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