A powerful New Glenn rocket owned by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin exploded in a spectacular fireball Thursday, sending billowing clouds of fire, smoke and flaming debris into the night sky in a tremendous ...

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.

The 320-foot vessel was undergoing a hot fire test—in which the rocket's engine is ignited and fired at full thrust to test its performance ahead of launch day—at 9 p.m. local time in Cape Canaveral, ...