Billionaire's rocket explodes during tests in the United States
A rocket from the company Blue Origin, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, exploded, this Thursday (28), at Cape Canaveral. The company was testing the engines and during the ignition the accident occurred, according to the company no one was injured. No further information from US authorities yet.
The company also did not confirm which type of anomaly was responsible for the accident.
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"An anomaly occurred during today's ignition test. All employees were located and are safe. We will provide updates as soon as we have more information", says the position that the company published on social media.
Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead of NG-4.https://t.co/tANS0dWyIH pic.twitter.com/PztxFoBqIw
- NSF - NASASpaceflight.com (@NASASpaceflight) May 29, 2026
Space dispute
NASA's Artemis program seeks a private partner for the space mission to land a man on the Moon again. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Elon Musk's SpaceX compete for this spot.
According to astronautics expert Pedro Pallota, during a recent interview with CNN Prime Time, although Blue Origin is older (founded in the 2000s) than SpaceX (created in 2002), Elon Musk's company has a much more aggressive approach and a significant advantage in terms of experience.
"SpaceX has been launching orbital rockets since 2007. It has had its successes there for much longer. The fact that SpaceX already has much more of what we call flight heritage, that is, much more knowledge, puts it way ahead", he stated.
In terms of orbital mass, SpaceX is responsible for more than 90% of everything put into space, which could be considered a monopoly.
In addition, the expert recalls that Musk's company is developing Starship, the largest rocket in the world in terms of power, height and mass, which works with a fully reusable system - where nothing that flies is discarded.
*With information from Reuters and Helena Barra
Source: CNN