Blue Origin rocket has exploded
The test of the space company Blue Origin went very wrong.
Suddenly the rocket exploded at the launch site in Florida.
"A very tough day," writes founder Jeff Bezos on X.
On the live broadcast, a massive fireball suddenly appeared from the launch site. The incident occurred during a test and the rocket was unmanned, US media reports.
Video clips also show smoke rising from below the rocket.
Blue Origin is billionaire Jeff Bezos' space venture. In a post on X, he states that all personnel are safe.
“It’s too early to know the root cause, but we’re already working to find it. A very tough day, but we’re rebuilding what needs to be rebuilt and getting back to flying. It’s worth it,” he writes.
The accident is described as a setback in the fight to close the gap to Elon Musk’s SpaceX – to be able to take people back to the surface of the moon. Recently, Blue Origin signed a contract worth almost two billion Swedish kronor with Nasa, writes Reuters.
Elon Musk has commented on the incident on X, where he writes that “rockets are hard”.
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