Blue Origin

Spaceflight Now video showing the explosion of a Blue Origin rocket on May 28, 2026

Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Explodes Into Giant Fireball in Epic Fail

The blast was felt for miles.

Olivia Ralph

King was joined on the New Shepard flight by Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez, pop singer Katy Perry, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, movie producer Kerianne Flynn, and activist Amanda Nguyen.

'AVALANCHE OF MISOGYNY'

All-Female Space Flight Backlash Left Astronaut ‘Depressed’

“I told her my depression might last for years,” the first Vietnamese woman in space said after returning from her mission.

Wiktoria Gucia

Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, split with Blue Origin space launch

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

Lauren Sánchez and Her Space Girl Squad Return to Earth

Singer Katy Perry and CBS News journalist Gayle King also took part in the stunt.

Leigh Kimmins