00:00One of Blue Origin's rockets exploded during a ground test on Thursday
00:05in a major setback for Jeff Bezos' space company.
00:09In a statement, Blue Origin said an anomaly occurred during the test,
00:13a term commonly used in the space industry to describe a serious technical failure.
00:19In a post on X, Bezos said it was too early to determine the exact cause of the incident,
00:26adding that an investigation is underway.
00:28The explosion happened during an engine test for the company's new Glenn rocket
00:33at a launch site in Florida.
00:35Footage showed the uncrewed rocket erupting into a large fireball shortly after ignition.
00:42Bezos described it as a difficult day for the company,
00:45but said Blue Origin would rebuild any damaged systems and resume flight operations.
00:51The company has spent billions of dollars developing the new Glenn rocket
00:55as it seeks to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX in the commercial space industry.
01:00The rocket was being prepared for its fourth mission,
01:03which was expected to deliver 48 Amazon LEO satellites into low Earth orbit,
01:09part of efforts to build a broadband constellation to rival Musk's Starlink network.
01:14Plugged down.х
01:16Congratulations.
Comments