Everybody’s calling the Blue Origin explosion last night a... failure. They’re missing the point. New Glenn didn’t go quietly. It roared during the static fire test, lit up the Florida sky, wrecked the pad and took down the lightning tower. Nobody hurt. That’s what pushing real hardware to the edge looks like in 2026. Blue Origin’s whole mission is moving heavy industry off Earth so the planet can breathe. You don’t get there playing it safe. This was raw data at several thousand degrees. One big boom closer to making it work. The tower fell. The mission didn’t.show more

$ASTS BlueBird 7 is set to launch on Blue... Origin’s New Glenn which went vertical at LC-36 overnight ahead of the mission. If the launch happens in the coming days then it would mark Blue Origin’s third launch and the first reflight of a New Glenn booster.show more

Over at LC-36, Blue Origin raised the New Glenn... Simulator to test pad systems ahead of a Static Fire campaign for Flight 2.show more

During the first attempt tonight at a static fire... test of its New Glenn rocket, Blue Origin activated the water deluge system and there appeared to be a brief ignition, but then the attempt halted. Blue Origin appears to be recycling for another attempt tonight. Watch live:show more

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a static-fire test.

🇬🇹 GUATEMALAN VOLCANO FIRES LIGHTNING INTO THE SKY Guatemalans... stayed up late to see a glimpse of lightning blasting straight up from the tip of Volcán de Fuego during a night-time eruption. Instead of your standard sky-to-ground lightning, this storm reversed it, like the volcano was firing back at the sky. The explosion lit up the night like a movie scene, complete with rumbling thunder and gasps from the crowd. Source: nelatv_ on Instagramshow more

.Blue Origin has just removed the second tower module... at LC-36, appropriately adorned with the American flag 🇺🇸 (although I suppose someone is now going to have to carry it up to the "new" top of the tower again) 📽️ Space Coast Live/NSF - NASASpaceflight.comshow more

🚨🚀 Blue Origin Rocket Blasting Off earlier from Florida... Now ask yourself why NASA Artemis II didn’t show you a camera angle like this, as the rocket left earth, all the way to the Moon - they could’ve easily done this & it would have been spectacular - but they didn’t..show more

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the long, narrow 2,000-foot... stretch of water running from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument, which people sometimes call the pointy tower. It was recently drained, cleaned of algae and debris, and the bottom coated in bright “American flag blue” paint to fix leaks and make it look cleaner. That’s exactly what’s lit up on the bottom right now, that vivid blue coating. It’s part of the same big beautification push as the fountains. There was some “8647” graffiti sprayed on it while it was drained, but that was vandalism, not part of the project. The Park Police cleaned it up. That’s the only other thing anyone’s reported seeing down there. I’d love to see TRUMP light up the Reflection pool, what do you think?show more

🚨BREAKING: Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes... on launch pad during a static-fire test.show more

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is finally on the... pad and ready for its highly anticipated maiden flight. This marks a monumental moment for the space industry as Blue Origin takes a leap into orbital spaceflight. From the innovative Blue Ring payload to booster recovery on Jacklyn, we dive into everything you need to know about this historic launch. Plus, a detailed look at New Glenn’s BE-4 engines, giant fairings, and future missions, including Blue Moon and Project Kuiper. Will this launch set the tone for Blue Origin’s reusable rocket ambitions? Join us as we unpack the details! Full video in reply.show more

During training, you visit many of the facilities that... will eventually play a role in your mission. Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A was one of them. This visit felt different. Standing at the base of the tower and looking up, I was reminded that this is the very place from which Neil Armstrong and his crewmates began their journey to the Moon. The facility has evolved over the decades and has been modernized for a new era of spaceflight, but it still carries the weight of its history. You can feel it. Then there is the elevator. Inside, there are only two buttons: Earth and Space. A simple design choice, perhaps, but one that feels remarkably profound when launch day finally arrives. What you see here is me at the top of the launch pad, with the Falcon 9 yet to make its way out. The rocket is transported to the pad horizontally and then raised to a vertical position before launch. Standing there, it was impossible not to imagine the events that would soon unfold. At this very time last year, all of this was happening in real time. Looking back now, it feels both distant and incredibly close. #shux #space #shubhanshushukla #india #axiom4show more

This is the drive up to the Blue Ridge... Parkway as of this morning. Honestly, it looks like a bomb went off up here. Never seen anything like it. There are more trees down than up. Absolutely horrific.show more

Submission by sergio lucero Here’s what happened. “We all... set up a system, so everyone gets a chance to get something. The dude in the grey shirt had already went, so did his friend. The next person up didn’t want to the “hit” so it was the dude in the blue shirt’s turn. The grey shirt guy is known to skips turns and go back on his word.”show more

Only people in the Balkans know what it takes... to get a new Mercedes, long days, hard work, and years of pushing forward. That’s why when someone finally parks one in front of their home, people don’t see a car, they see the road it took to get there.show more

The Red Tokyo Tower has officially lit the mission... fuse. #MissionImpossible - The Final Reckoningshow more

Katy Perry and the NS-31 Blue Origin mission crew... in training for the journey to space.show more

Dragon Launch Escape Initiated During the launch escape test,... where SpaceX intentionally destroyed an entire rocket to prove its safety, Dragon was fed the normal launch sequence for an ISS mission. Dragon wasn’t told to escape, but its onboard autonomous flight computers noticed the loss of thrust on Falcon before the Merlin engines could even fully shut down. Once Dragon realized there was a mission critical anomaly, it instantly initiated the launch escape sequence firing all 8 SuperDraco thrusters, separating explosive bolts on the second stage, and took autonomous control of the mission, in less time than any human reaction on the ground or in the capsule could of realized. Falcon, the crew, Dragon, and the ground can all initiate an escape if required. Although this test was uncrewed (meaning nobody was on the rocket during the test), if there was a life threatening emergency that would put the mission at risk, Dragon could leave and get out of the situation immediately.show more

What the Night Sky on Mars may look like.... The clearest sky any human has never stood under. Mars' atmosphere is barely 1% as thick as Earth's. So the stars don't twinkle. They just sit there, sharp and steady, burning cold and clear. No cities. No streetlights. No glow on the horizon. On a clear night, your eye could catch stars down to magnitude 6.6 — as deep as the human eye can physically go, something almost nobody on Earth ever gets to experience through all our light pollution. And then there's the gut-punch. Off in the dark, you'd spot a single pale blue dot low on the horizon. A "morning star" like Venus is to us — except this one is Earth. Home. Everyone you've ever known, glowing faintly in someone else's night sky. The only catch is the dust. Fine and rust-colored, it tints the sky pink at sunset and dims the stars near the horizon like a low fog rolling in. But straight overhead, on a still night?show more