Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was preparing for an upcoming launch from Cape Canaveral when a prelaunch test went horribly wrong ...

For centuries, static electricity has been the subject of intrigue and scientific investigation. Now, researchers from the Waitukaitis group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test at Cape Canaveral on 28 May, destroying the vehicle, the erector-gantry, and a lightning tower at its only launch pad. The incident ...

I think that depends on by how much. An air explosion a few feet above the launchpad could have blown everything down. I think that's one of the keys with methane oxygen: it's possible to get them to ...