Blue Origin starts rebuilding launch pad damaged by New Glenn rocket explosion — and it will look very different when it's done

Blue Origin plans to use a crane to lift its New Glenn rocket onto its new launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Blue Origin has started rebuilding the launch pad damaged by an explosive accident last month, but the company is working from a very different blueprint this time around.

The company's huge New Glenn rocket exploded on May 28 during a routine engine test at Launch Complex 36A (LC-36A) at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket was destroyed, as were some important pieces of pad infrastructure, including the lightning tower and the transporter-erector, which hauled New Glenn from its integration facility to the pad and raised it vertical upon arrival.