2026年5月28日 / 美国东部时间晚上11:03 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：迈尔斯·多兰
周四晚间，蓝色起源的新格伦号火箭在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角的一座发射台发生爆炸。
爆炸大约发生在美国东部时间晚上9点。蓝色起源表示，此次事件未造成人员伤亡。
“我们在今日的热试过程中出现了异常情况，”蓝色起源在一份声明中表示。“所有人员均已清点完毕。我们将在掌握更多信息后发布最新进展。”
卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地也在另一份声明中证实，“所有人员均已清点完毕，没有人员受伤或死亡。”
2026年5月28日，佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角，蓝色起源火箭在发射台爆炸。图源：SPACEFLIGHTNOW
蓝色起源原计划于周四晚间为火箭加注燃料，随后计划进行发动机点火测试。
由亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝佐斯创立的蓝色起源，已于上月成功完成其第三枚新格伦号火箭的发射。
这枚火箭当时正为第四次新格伦号任务做准备，任务原定于6月4日执行，计划为亚马逊的低轨互联网服务发射48颗卫星，该服务与埃隆·马斯克的星链形成竞争。
本次测试中，火箭上并未搭载这48颗卫星。目前尚不清楚发射台和地面设备遭受了多大程度的损坏，也不清楚修复工作需要多长时间。
发生爆炸的36号航天发射复合体是目前唯一一座能够发射新格伦号火箭的发射台。
新格伦号火箭是蓝色起源和美国国家航空航天局（NASA）月球基地计划的关键装备，此次爆炸很可能会造成项目延误。明年，新格伦号计划搭载另一台蓝色月球着陆器执行阿尔忒弥斯三号任务，进入近地轨道。
美国国家航空航天局局长贾里德·艾萨克曼在社交媒体上发文称：“航天飞行从不留情，开发新型重型运载火箭的能力异常艰难。我们将与合作伙伴合作，对此次异常事件展开全面调查，评估其对近期任务的影响，并尽快恢复火箭发射。”
今年4月19日的发射中，新格伦号的二级火箭出现异常，随后被美国联邦航空管理局停飞。5月22日，该火箭刚刚获准恢复飞行。
美国联邦航空管理局周四在一份声明中表示，已获悉该火箭“在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角的发射台进行静态点火测试时出现异常”，并补充称，“此次测试不属于美国联邦航空管理局许可活动的范围”。
美国联邦航空管理局还指出，此次爆炸未对空中交通造成影响。
贝佐斯周四晚间在X平台上写道：“现在判断根本原因为时尚早，但我们已经着手开展调查。今天过得非常艰难，但我们将重建所有需要重建的部分，重返发射任务征程。这一切都是值得的。”
马斯克写道：“听闻此事深感遗憾，希望你们能尽快恢复正轨。”
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida
May 28, 2026 / 11:03 PM EDT / CBS News
By Miles Doran
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded Thursday night on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The explosion occurred at about 9 p.m. ET. Blue Origin said there were no injuries from the incident.
“We experienced an anomaly during today’s hotfire test,” Blue Origin said in a statement. “All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.”
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station also confirmed in a separate statement that “all personnel have been accounted for and there were no injuries/fatalities.”
A Blue Origin rocket explodes on a launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. May 28, 2026. SPACEFLIGHTNOW
Blue Origin was scheduled to fuel the rocket Thursday evening ahead of a planned test firing of the rocket’s engines.
Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, successfully launched its third New Glenn rocket last month.
This rocket was being prepared for the fourth New Glenn mission as soon as June 4 to launch 48 satellites for Amazon’s Leo internet service, which competes with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
The 48 satellites were not aboard the rocket during the test. It was not immediately clear how much damage the launch pad and ground equipment sustained, or how long it might take to repair it.
Space Launch Complex 36, where the explosion occurred, is the only launch pad equipped to launch New Glenn rockets.
The New Glenn rocket is key to Blue Origin’s and NASA’s moon base plans, and the explosion will likely be a setback. Next year, the New Glenn is supposed to launch another Blue Moon lander as part of the Artemis III mission in low Earth orbit.
In a social media post, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman wrote, “Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult. We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets.”
The New Glenn rocket had just been cleared on May 22 to return to flight after being grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration after an anomaly with the second stage during an April 19 launch.
In a statement Thursday, the FAA said it was aware that the rocket had “experienced an anomaly during a static fire test on the pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida,” adding that the “test was not within the scope of FAA licensed activities.”
The FAA also noted that “there was no impact to air traffic” from the explosion.
Bezos wrote on X Thursday night, “It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.”
Musk wrote: “Sorry to see this, I hope you recover quickly.”
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