Weather prompts Blue Origin to push back New Glenn rocket launch

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Rough weather has prompted space exploration company Blue Origin to postpone the launch of its New Glenn rocket, citing choppy waters in the Atlantic Ocean, making a landing potentially unsafe for its reusable fuel booster.

The liftoff had been scheduled for Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex 36 in Florida at 1 a.m. EST Friday, but officials rescheduled to 1 a.m. EST Sunday "due to a high sea state in the Atlantic where we hope to land our booster," Blue Origin said in a post on X.

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