Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to air travelers and validating global radiation maps used in flight path planning. This unique data also has value beyond ...

A geomagnetic storm on Earth triggered by a large burst of solar radiation has temporarily grounded a Blue Origin rocket carrying twin NASA satellites built to measure space weather on Mars.

Blue Origin is the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos. The heavy-lift New Glenn rocket is set to lift off on its second flight, and Blue Origin will attempt to recover the rocket’s reusable first stage booster on a landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean.