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Jeff Bezos moves rocket launch to same day as potentially deadly geomagnetic space storm
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin has moved its next rocket launch to tomorrow—just as Earth is set to be hit by a powerful geomagnetic storm.The fourth New Shepard launch which was supposed to take place today has been rescheduled for tomorrow due to high winds at the firm's Texas spaceport.However, NASA has warned that a giant explosion from the Sun, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) is headed for Earth tomorrow. This could cause trouble for the six passengers aboard the New Shepard, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warning that the storm could cause "increased biological risk to astronauts or passengers and crew in high latitude, high altitude flights." The launch will take place at 1:20PM BST (UK time) / 12:20 UTC (US).