12.04.2026
An unspecified high-energy anomaly damaged a building during a routine test Thursday, April 9, at Blue Origin's Rocket Park manufacturing facility on north Merritt Island.
No injuries were reported. Crews at Rocket Park build, test and assemble the company's 320-foot New Glenn rockets for launch from Cape Canaveral.
"During a routine test at our 2CAT facility in Florida, we experienced an anomaly during test execution. There were no injuries, and safety protocols were in place at the time of the test," a Blue Origin spokesperson said in an email.
"There is no impact to ongoing production operations," the email said.
A September 2025 aerial image of Blue Origin's Rocket Park at Exploration Park near the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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Roofing damages were visible Friday, April 10, atop the affected building, which is located in the vicinity of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex south entrance. The company did not disclose further information about the anomaly.
Blue Origin launched its first two heavy-lift New Glenn rockets last year from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The second liftoff in November 2025 deployed NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft into low-Earth orbit — and the 188-foot first-stage boosternotched a landing atop a drone ship 375 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean.
Nicknamed Never Tell Me the Odds, that refurbished booster will launch again on Blue Origin's upcoming third New Glenn mission from the Cape. The rocket will propel AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellite into low-Earth orbit. No target launch date has been announced.
Quelle: Florida Today
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