How Blue Origin’s anomaly affects NASA’s Moon plans

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://spaceexplored.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/itt_night_dsc03044_scaled.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://spaceexplored.com/guides/blue-origin/">Blue Origin</a> suffered a major blow last month when its New Glenn rocket <a href="https://spaceexplored.com/2026/05/28/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-explodes-on-pad-topples-lightning-tower/">experienced a catastrophic anomaly</a> during a static fire test at Launch Complex 36 on Florida’s Space Coast. The test was being conducted without its mission payload attached – a batch of Amazon LEO internet satellites that had been scheduled for launch in early June.</p>