Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin says it will fly again this year after explosion. Nasa needs it to
<p>The company’s response to the launchpad blast has become a key test for Artemis III</p><p>As Blue Origin tells it, the most <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/29/blue-origin-rocket-explodes">spectacular launchpad explosion</a> in recent memory, which destroyed its pioneering New Glenn space rocket last month and severely damaged almost everything around it, was merely a blip.</p><p>“We will fly again before the end of this year. <em>Gradatim Ferociter</em>,” Dave Limp, the company’s chief executive, <a href="https://x.com/davill/status/2061655383610114124">posted</a> on X on 1 June, using the Latin form of its motto, “Step by step, ferociously”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/13/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-nasa-aretemis">Continue reading...</a>
- alleges — Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin says it will fly again this year after explosion. Nasa needs it to (witness: wire-ingest; citation: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/13/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-nasa-aretemis; status: supported)
- alleges — url: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/13/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-nasa-aretemis (witness: wire-ingest; citation: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/13/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-nasa-aretemis; status: supported)
- alleges — summary: <p>The company’s response to the launchpad blast has become a key test for Artemis III</p><p>As Blue Origin tells it, the most <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/29/blue-origin-rocket-explodes">spectacular launchpad explosion</a> in recent memory, which destroyed its pioneering New Glenn space rocket last month and severely damaged almost everything around it, was merely a blip.</p><p>“We will fly again before the end of this year. <em>Gradatim Ferociter</em>,” Dave Limp, the company’s chief executive, <a href="https://x.com/davill/status/2061655383610114124">posted</a> on X on 1 June, using the Latin form of its motto, “Step by step, ferociously”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/13/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-nasa-aretemis">Continue reading...</a> (witness: wire-ingest; citation: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/13/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-nasa-aretemis; status: supported)
- alleges — published: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:13 GMT (witness: wire-ingest; citation: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/13/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-nasa-aretemis; status: supported)