Watch Blue Origin Launch NASA’s Mission to Mars in the Middle of a Geomagnetic Storm

Blue Origin will make another attempt to launch its New Glenn megarocket—carrying NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission—on Thursday afternoon.

After scrubbing the initial launch due to bad weather and a wayward cruise ship on Sunday, Blue Origin stood down from its second attempt on Wednesday due to a severe geomagnetic storm. Though the storm’s severity has weakened, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center expects it to last through the weekend, and there’s still a chance of severe…