A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin exploded during a test at the launch pad Thursday night, shaking nearby homes and briefly painting the sky orange. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.

A massive fireball lit up the Florida coast this week after Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, suffered a dramatic failure during a critical rocket test—raising big questions about what happens next in the billionaire space race.

The FAA grounded SpaceX's Starship rocket after a "mishap" occurred during the recent flight 12 test mission.

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire engine test at Cape Canaveral, producing a large fireball.

Blue Origin's fourth New Glenn rocket exploded during a prelaunch engine test on Thursday night (May 28). It could be a big setback for the company and for NASA's moon ambitions.

Japan’s space agency failed in its latest attempt to launch its flagship rocket, leaving it unable to place a key component of the country’s satellite positioning system into orbit.

Is the world’s most powerful rocket hitting a wall similar to the engineering limitations experienced decades ago by the Soviet N1?

The test at Cape Canaveral came ahead of a satellite launch planned for next week.