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.

Blue Origin explosion could see US fall behind China in moon race - Massive fireball during routine test means Nasa’s Artemis programme could entirely depend on Musk’s unproven Starship rocket

On Thursday evening Blue Origin attempted to test fire its massive New Glenn rocket at its Florida launch site, but something went very wrong after engine ignition. The super heavy lift rocket exploded in spectacular and disastrous fashion.

A rocket made by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin blew up on a launchpad in Florida on Thursday during a test. The post Bezos Rocket Named After Astronaut and Senator Blows Up first appeared on Mediaite.

SpaceX seems to have mistaken shooting for the moon with shooting at the moon. Forecast to occur on Aug. 5, a five-story-long piece of a rocket from one of the private space exploration company's recent lunar missions is expected to hit the moon at around 5,

Perfecting SpaceX's mammoth rocket will be critical to NASA's plans for returning astronauts to the surface of the moon.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is laying out the ground work for building a new base on the moon. He says it will be done in phases, and infrastructure will be waiting for the astronauts who land there in 2028.