CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin called off the launch of its giant New Glenn rocket carrying twin NASA Mars probes on Sunday (Nov. 9) due to bad weather at its Florida pad, one day before new federal restrictions take effect for commercial spaceflights.

The planned New Glenn launch was expected to send NASA's twin Mars ESCAPADE orbiters on a winding path to the Red Planet from Blue Origin's Launch Complex 36 pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station here. But throughout an 88-minute window for the launch, foul weather kept the Mars-bound mission stuck on Earth.

"Today's NG-2 launch is scrubbed due to weather, specifically the cumulus cloud rule," Blue Origin spokesperson Tabitha Lipkin said during a launch webcast. "We're reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt based o

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