Blue Origin canceled its planned Mars-bound launch of its ESCAPADE craft for the second time due to increased solar flare activity.

Blue Origin scrubbed its launch of the New Glenn rocket into low-Earth orbit Sunday, with a pair of Mars-bound satellites on board, because of bad weather rolling through the area.

Blue Origin says it is aiming for another attempt as soon as Wednesday as competition with Musk’s SpaceX intensifies

Blue Origin canceled its planned Mars-bound launch of its ESCAPADE craft for the second time due to increased solar flare activity.

Blue Origin's New Glenn booster rocket successfully launched its second-ever trip into space on Thursday to deploy two NASA satellites bound for Mars.

Before the success of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, only Elon Musk's SpaceX had accomplished such a maneuver with an orbital-class rocket. Thursday's successful launch comes amid…