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Mike Wall

Blue Origin scrubs landmark New Shepard moon-gravity launch due to weather, rocket glitch

Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle stands on the launch pad at the company's West Texas site on Jan. 28, 2025. A liftoff planned for that day was scrubbed due to weather and an avionics issue.

Blue Origin will have to wait a bit longer to get its first-ever moon-gravity mission off the ground.

The company, which was founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, had planned to launch its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for the 29th time this morning (Jan. 28) from its West Texas launch site. But two different issues conspired to prevent an on-time liftoff.

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