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Watch Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket launch a NASA 'ESCAPADE' to Mars today after weather delay
Blue Origin is standing down from today's New Glenn rocket launch attempt due to ongoing geomagnetic storms caused by multiple coronal mass ejections from a highly energetic sunspot. In a post on X, Blue Origin says the launch attempt was cancelled "due to highly elevated solar activity and its potential effects on the ESCAPADE spacecraft.
Blue Origin's long-awaited mission to launch its New Glenn rocket on a mission sending twin NASA spacecraft to Mars will have to wait a little longer.