@rohanpaul_ai: Rockets are hard. Really hard. This angle makes the explosion look like something from a disaster movie. Blue Origin’s …
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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded in a large fireball during a static fire test at a Florida launchpad on Thursday evening.
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Rockets are hard. Really hard. This angle makes the explosion look like something from a disaster movie. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket burst into a huge fireball during a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening. https://t.co/YsGjN9eptj
Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow): Here’s our video of the explosion at Launch Complex 36. It happened about 9 pm ET (0100 UTC) as Blue Origin was beginning a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket.
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