Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, has suffered a major setback after its powerful New Glenn rocket exploded during a ground test in Florida.

A mushroom-shaped cloud rises above the northern Merritt Island tree line Thursday, May 28, after a Blue Origin rocket anomaly at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Had the rocket exploded in the air, the failure could have been almost routine, but the explosion badly damaged the launchpad.