Blue Origin rocket erupts during practice launch off Cape Canaveral, Florida. A boater captured the apocalyptic scene from the water. No personnel were injured.

Billionaire SpaceX owner Elon Musk has responded after Jeff Bezos' New Glenn rocket exploded in Florida on Thursday.

Jeff Bezos’ space company says all personnel are accounted for and safe. The New Glenn rocket was being prepared for a coming mission.

Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon "Leo" internet satellites into orbit.

The company fueled the hulking New Glenn rocket Thursday night, hoping to briefly ignite the engines ahead of a satellite launch next week. But the 321-foot rocket blew up, taking part of the pad with it.

On May 27, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin suffered a major setback when its New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test at the Launch Complex in Florida. Blue Origin has posted an update on X,

The Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin rocket that dramatically exploded on Florida’s space coast Thursday night costs upwards of $150 million to construct — and the Amazon founder pledged to “rebuild whatever needs rebuilding.

New Glenn, a giant rocket built and operated by Jeff Bezos’s aerospace firm Blue Origin, exploded in a massive fireball on its launchpad in Florida on Thursday. The catastrophe risks derailing the