Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket exploded during testing Thursday night, May 28, blasting flames and debris high into the sky in a display visible across wide swaths of Florida.

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night.

A video posted on X by Spaceflight Now, an online media outlet, captured the moment the New Glenn rocket erupted into a massive fireball, sending flames and thick smoke billowing into the air.