Blue Origin is delaying its second New Glenn launch again due to solar storms

Solar activity that was It lights up the night skies across North America This week is now causing Jeff Bezos’ space company to delay the second launch of its massive New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Just hours before Wednesday’s scheduled launch, Blue Origin He said It backed out of the attempt because of solar activity and its “potential effects on the ESCAPADE spacecraft” — a Mars-bound science mission that the company is taking into space for NASA. A new launch date has not been announced yet.

New Glenn’s first launch in January was a successful test mission for the rocket. However, Blue Origin has delayed the second launch several times, and the company is being cautious since this is the first time the rocket has had a commercial payload on board.

New Glenn nearly took off last Sunday, but weather concerns and a cruise ship wrong on the flight path, as well as some issues with the launch pad equipment, caused the company to postpone the attempt.