Blue Origin 的 New Glenn 火箭在佛罗里达州卡纳维尔角（Cape Canaveral）于周四晚间进行热火测试时爆炸，现场出现巨大火球。这枚高达 98 公尺的火箭是已知最大型火箭之一；执行长 Jeff Bezos 表示所有人员均已清点完毕，且目前仍在追查根因并准备重建受损部分。

这次本应是 New Glenn 的第 4 次任务，原计划最快在下周搭载 48 颗卫星，加入 Amazon Leo 的卫星网路。NASA 局长 Jared Isaacman 指出，该事件发生在 Launch Complex 36，并表示将与合作伙伴合作调查异常、评估近期任务影响，特别是 Artemis 与月球基地相关计划。

这是 Bezos 公司的最新挫折：2026 年 4 月 19 日的第 3 次飞行已发生失败，尽管第 1 级成功降落在浮动平台上，但第 2 级未能将 AST SpaceMobile 的 BlueBird 7 卫星送入安全轨道。FAA 调查已于 5 月 22 日完成，显示 New Glenn 的重型运载能力开发仍面临高风险与不确定性。

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire test on Thursday night at Cape Canaveral, Florida, creating a large fireball. The vehicle is 98 meters tall and is among the largest rockets ever built; Jeff Bezos said all personnel were accounted for and that the company is already working to determine the root cause and rebuild what is needed.

The failed vehicle was set to fly its fourth mission, carrying 48 satellites that were expected to join Amazon Leo’s satellite internet network as soon as next week. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said the anomaly occurred at Launch Complex 36 and that NASA will help investigate the event, assess near-term impacts, and review possible effects on Artemis and Moon Base plans.

This marks another setback for Blue Origin after the April 19 failure on New Glenn’s third flight, when the first stage landed successfully on a floating platform but the upper stage failed to place AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite into a safe orbit. The FAA investigation into that incident was completed on May 22, underscoring the difficulty of developing heavy-lift launch capability.