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美国蓝色起源公司“新格伦”火箭在点火测试中爆炸，发射台严重受损

当地时间4月30日，美国蓝色起源公司（Blue Origin）的“新格伦”重型运载火箭在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地的发射台进行静态点火测试时发生爆炸，现场瞬间腾起巨大火球。爆炸致使发射设施严重受损，对杰夫·贝佐斯的太空事业造成重大打击。

蓝色起源公司创始人杰夫·贝佐斯在社交媒体X上发文确认：“所有人员均已确认安全无恙。目前尚无法确定根本原因，但我们正在全力查找。今天是非常艰难的一天，我们将重建一切需要重建的东西，并恢复飞行。这是值得的。”

美国太空军随后证实，此次事故未造成人员伤亡。太空军在声明中表示，正在与蓝色起源及相关合作方协调，评估现有数据以确定异常原因。太空军第45发射联队补充警告称，爆炸产生的碎片可能在未来数天或数周内被冲上海岸。

据悉，这枚高约98米（322英尺）的火箭绰号“不，这是必要的”（出自电影《星际穿越》），原计划最早于下周搭载48颗亚马逊“柯伊伯计划”互联网卫星进入轨道。美国联邦航空管理局上周刚批准其发射许可，此前蓝色起源刚完成对今年4月一次发射失败的调查。

此次静态点火测试旨在模拟发射前的发动机点火，火箭上并未装载卫星。现场视频显示，发动机点火后火箭随即发生剧烈爆炸。观测者惊呼：“他们炸毁了发射台！”

目前，卡纳维拉尔角第36号发射台是唯一能够支持“新格伦”火箭发射的设施，修复后方可恢复飞行。美国联邦航空管理局、太空军及其他监管机构将主导事故调查。

此次爆炸打乱了蓝色起源的发射计划。该公司原定最早今秋利用该火箭将“蓝月Mk1”无人月球着陆器送往月球，搭载NASA有效载荷；NASA还计划在2026年利用“蓝月Mk2”载人着陆器进行近地轨道测试，为“阿尔忒弥斯3号”任务做准备。本周早些时候，NASA刚宣布选择蓝色起源于2028年前向月球运送两辆商业月球地形车，作为建设永久月球基地计划的一部分。如今，这些计划均面临不确定性。

NASA局长贾里德·艾萨克曼表示，已获悉事故情况，强调“太空飞行不容任何差错，开发重型运载能力极其困难”，并承诺将与合作伙伴共同支持彻底调查，评估近期任务影响，并尽快恢复发射。

蓝色起源的竞争对手、SpaceX首席执行官埃隆·马斯克也发来表示同情。马斯克曾先后在2016年和2025年遭遇发射台爆炸和测试台爆炸事故，他写道：“看到这一幕很遗憾，希望你们尽快恢复。”

中文翻译：

蓝色起源公司的新格伦火箭今日在佛罗里达州发射台进行热试车时发生爆炸，对发射台造成严重破坏，也给杰夫·贝佐斯的太空事业带来沉重打击。

"所有人员均已确认安全无虞，"贝佐斯在X平台发帖称，"现在判断根本原因为时过早，但我们已着手排查。这是非常艰难的一天，不过我们会重建一切需要重建的部分，并重返飞行。这一切都值得。"

美国太空军确认无人员伤亡。"靶场官员正协同蓝色起源及相关合作伙伴，评估现有数据以确定异常事件的确切成因。"该机构在脸书发帖说明。太空军第45太空发射联队在后续X平台帖文中警告，未来数日或数周内，异常事件产生的碎片可能被冲上海岸。

这枚高322英尺的火箭（昵称"不，这是必要的"，典故源自电影《星际穿越》）原定最快下周将48颗亚马逊低轨卫星送入轨道。蓝色起源完成四月发射失败调查后，美国联邦航空管理局已于上周批准其发射许可。

为准备升空，新格伦火箭被运至卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地第36号航天发射场蓝色起源发射台，进行助推器静态点火测试。测试时火箭并未搭载卫星。

视频显示，发动机点火后火箭爆裂成巨大火球。"他们刚把发射台炸了。"太空飞行现在网录制的视频中可闻现场观察者惊呼。美国宇航局太空飞行网也捕捉到爆炸的其他视角画面。

第36号航天发射场是唯一为发射重型新格伦火箭建造的设施，蓝色起源需修复发射台方能重返飞行。此次事件必然会在联邦航空管理局、太空军及其他机构的监督下展开调查。

原定下周的发射本应标志新格伦火箭首次为亚马逊低轨宽带网络部署卫星。得益于SpaceX、阿丽亚娜空间公司与联合发射联盟的发射任务，已有300多颗亚马逊低轨卫星进入近地轨道——今日异常事件不会影响这些公司的发射计划。联合发射联盟宇宙神5号火箭定于周五从卡纳维拉尔角第41号航天发射场发射29颗亚马逊低轨卫星。

相比之下，蓝色起源的发射日程可能将推迟数月。该公司原计划最早今秋携带NASA有效载荷，将机器人"蓝月马克1号"着陆器送上月球。NASA也已安排明年在近地轨道测试载人版"蓝月马克2号"着陆器，用于阿尔忒弥斯3号任务。

本周早些时候，NASA宣布选定蓝色起源与新格伦火箭，最迟于2028年向月球运送两辆商用月球地形车，作为其十年期永久月球基地建设计划的一部分。如今所有计划都悬而未决。

NASA局长贾里德·艾萨克曼在X平台发帖称，航天局已获悉今日异常事件。"航天飞行不容丝毫差错，研发重型运载能力极为艰难。"他表示，"我们将与合作伙伴协作，支持对该异常事件的彻底调查，评估近期任务影响，并重返火箭发射。一旦获悉对阿尔忒弥斯与月球基地项目的影响，将及时公布。"

蓝色起源获得了贝佐斯亿万富翁对手、SpaceX CEO埃隆·马斯克的同情——后者曾在2016年遭遇发射台爆炸、2025年遭遇测试台爆炸。"对此深表遗憾，望早日恢复。"马斯克在X平台写道。

感谢太空飞行现在网与美国宇航局太空飞行网提供爆炸影像使用授权。

英文来源：

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded today during a hotfire test on its launch pad in Florida — dealing heavy damage to the pad, and dealing a heavy blow to Jeff Bezos’ space venture.
“All personnel are accounted for and safe,” Bezos said in a post to X. “It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.”
The U.S. Space Force confirmed that there were no injuries or fatalities. “Range officials, in coordination with Blue Origin and appropriate partners, are currently evaluating available data to determine the exact cause of the anomaly,” it said in a Facebook post. In a follow-up post to X, the Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 45 cautioned that debris from the anomaly could wash ashore over the coming days or weeks.
The 322-foot-tall rocket, nicknamed “No, It’s Necessary” in a reference to the movie “Interstellar,” had been due to send 48 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit as soon as next week. The Federal Aviation Administration gave its go-ahead for launch last week after Blue Origin wrapped up an investigation of a launch failure that occurred in April.
In preparation for liftoff, the New Glenn rocket was brought out to Blue Origin’s pad at Space Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for a static test firing of its booster engines. The satellites were not aboard the rocket for the test.
Video showed the rocket exploding in a huge fireball after the engines were lit up. “They just nuked the pad,” one observer could be heard saying in a video recorded by Spaceflight Now. Other views of the blast were captured by NASASpaceflight.com.
Space Launch Complex 36 is the only facility built to launch the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket, and the pad will need to be repaired before Blue Origin can return to flight. There’s certain to be an investigation of the incident conducted under the supervision of the FAA, the Space Force and other authorities.
Next week’s scheduled launch would have marked the first use of New Glenn to put satellites into orbit for the Amazon Leo broadband network. More than 300 Amazon Leo satellites are already in low Earth orbit, thanks to launches by SpaceX, Arianespace and United Launch Alliance — and today’s anomaly doesn’t affect the schedules for those companies. United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket is due to launch 29 Amazon Leo satellites from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 on Friday.
Blue Origin’s launch schedule, in contrast, appears likely to be put on hold for months. The company was expected to send its robotic Blue Moon Mark 1 lander to the moon as early as this fall with NASA payloads on board. And NASA has scheduled a potential test of a crew-capable Blue Moon Mark 2 lander in low Earth orbit next year for its Artemis 3 mission.
Earlier this week, NASA announced that it had selected Blue Origin and New Glenn to deliver two commercial lunar terrain vehicles to the moon by 2028 as part of its decade-long initiative to build a permanent moon base. Now all those plans are up in the air.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a post to X that the space agency was made aware of today’s anomaly. “Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult,” he said. “We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets. We will provide information on any impacts to the Artemis and Moon Base programs as it becomes available.”
Blue Origin came in for some sympathy from Bezos’ billionaire rival, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who had to deal with a launch-pad explosion in 2016 and a test-stand explosion in 2025. “Sorry to see this, I hope you recover quickly,” Musk wrote on X.
Thanks to Spaceflight Now and NASASpaceflight.com for permission to use imagery of the explosion.