The explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket resulted in an enormous conflagration that lit up the sky in Florida for miles around.
The rocket was being test-fired on Thursday at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station when it blew up at about 9 p.m. on the coast.
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The explosion destroyed the rocket, the erector-gantry used to move the rocket, and one of two lighting towers near the pad.
Space expert Ken Kremer explained how the explosion unfolded to WESH-TV.
“They were loading propellant into the rocket, and they started a static fire test, which is not a launch,” Kremer said. “The rocket is sitting on the pad, and they
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