Solar storms delay the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket with Mars orbiters for NASA

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands acceptable connected Launch Complex 36 a fewer minutes earlier the motorboat was scrubbed astatine the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station successful Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Intense star storms liable for breathtaking auroras crossed the U.S. delayed the motorboat of Blue Origin’s large caller rocket Wednesday.

Already grounded by mediocre weather, the New Glenn rocket was poised to blast disconnected successful the day with 2 Mars orbiters for NASA from Florida. But 5 hours earlier the targeted liftoff, it was called disconnected due to the fact that of the heightened star activity.

Worried astir the imaginable interaction of accrued radiation connected its Mars-bound spacecraft, NASA decided to postpone the motorboat until conditions improve. Officials said they would effort again Thursday.

This volition beryllium lone the 2nd formation of a New Glenn rocket, which made its debut successful January. At 321 feet (98 meters), it is considerably larger and much almighty than the New Shepard rockets that Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is launching from Texas with passengers.

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Nov 12, 2025|Updated Nov 12, 2025 9:04 p.m.