New Glenn Launch On Hold Due To Solar Activity

New Glenn
Credit: Blue Origin
CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA has called off plans for a second attempt to launch a pair of Mars-bound science satellites aboard a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket due to ongoing geomagnetic storms that could pose a problem to the spacecraft after deployment. Launch of NASA’s twin Escape and Plasma Acceleration...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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