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September 22nd, 2025
Image credit: NASA/University of California’s Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
Two Mars-bound spacecraft for NASA have been delivered to the Kennedy Space Center for launch, scheduled to occur no earlier than this fall on Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
The University of California’s Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory’s ESCAPADE mission probes were built, tested and integrated by Rocket Lab, as part of NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program.
Image credit: Rocket Lab
Blue and Gold for the Red Planet
Once en route for a 22-month cruise to Mars, the Blue and Gold Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorer (ESCAPADE) twins will settle into their mission, capturing data from two regions of Mars’ magnetosphere.
That information should offer insight into the Red Planet’s atmospheric escape history and space weather environment, informing future human exploration strategies.
Go to an ESCAPADE mission video at:
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