Jeff Bezos experienced a major setback with his Blue Origin rocket, which exploded in a fireball during a ground test in Florida. It happened about 9 pm ET (0100 UTC) as Blue Origin was beginning a

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded Thursday in Cape Canaveral, filling the night sky with fire along Florida's Space Coast.

The 320-foot rocket was undergoing an engine "hotfire test" when it apparently exploded and was quickly engulfed in flames.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the broadband internet relay spacecraft lifted off at 8:57 a.m. EDT (1257 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX confirmed a successful deploy of the 29 Starlink satellites ( Group 10-53) about an hour after they left the ground.