Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do

Last week’s explosion of a New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was clearly a setback for Blue Origin and NASA, but it was a learning experience for safety officials looking to open up the spaceport to hundreds more launches per year.

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin says last week's rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad.

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket explodes into giant fireball during test

Another space billionaire, Elon Musk, offered his condolences to Bezos.

Watch: SpaceX rocket explodes after splashdown

SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight that saw it eventually crash down into the Indian Ocean as planned.