Private space company Blue Origin canceled Wednesday's planned Mars-bound launch from Florida.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA's ESCAPADE spacecraft, sits on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday. canceled Wednesday's planned Mars-bound launch from Florida of its ESCAPADE craft for the second time due to increased solar flare activity.
Blue Origin had planned its New Glenn rocket launch for 2:50 p.m. EST via its launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The rocket was expected to send NASA's twin ESCAPADE orbiter devices to Mars."Due to highly elevated solar activity and its potential effects on the ESCAPADE spacecraft, NASA is postponing launch until space weather conditions improve," Blue Origin officials"We are currently assessing opportunities to establish our next launch window based on forecasted space weather and range availability," the company wrote.
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