ESCAPADE

Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) is a spacecraft mission to Mars consisting of two spacecraft known as Blue and Gold, which launched in November 2025. The mission is designed to demonstrate low-cost planetary space exploration. The twin spacecraft will study Mars' magnetosphere and how solar wind contributed to the loss of most of the planet's atmosphere over Solar System history. The mission is led by UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory with Dr....

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2025

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Escapade13 Nov 2025

Blue Origin lands huge New Glenn rocket booster for 1st time after acing Mars ESCAPADE launch for NASA13 Nov 2025

Blue Origin Lands Booster After Rocket Launch and Matches SpaceX's Feat13 Nov 2025

LIFTOFF! New Glenn clears the tower at LC-36, carrying @NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.13 Nov 2025

New Glenn Launches NASA's ESCAPADE, Lands Fully Reusable Booster13 Nov 2025

BOOSTER TOUCHDOWN! New Glenn returns to its blue origin.13 Nov 2025

Replay: New Glenn Mission NG-2 Webcast13 Nov 2025

Intense solar storm delays Blue Origin launch of NASA Mars probes12 Nov 2025

NASA scrubs ESCAPADE launch due to 'highly elevated solar activity'12 Nov 2025

NG-2 Update: New Glenn is ready to launch. However, due to highly elevated solar activity and its potential effects on the ESCAPADE spacecraft, NASA is postponing launch until space weather conditions improve. We are currently assessing opportunities to establish our next launch window based on forecasted space weather and range availability.12 Nov 2025

FAA enforces new limits on commercial space launches and re-entries10 Nov 2025

Blue Origin scrubs launch of ESCAPADE on second New Glenn mission9 Nov 2025

NG-2 Launch Update: Our next launch attempt is no earlier than Wednesday, November 12, due to forecast weather and sea state conditions. We worked with the FAA and range to select a launch window from 2:50 PM – 4:17 PM EST / 19:50 – 21:17 UTC. The live webcast starts at T-20 minutes.9 Nov 2025

Why an unprecedented NASA mission is set to take off on a winding journey to Mars8 Nov 2025

NASA's Escapade Mission May Finally Reveal How the Martian Atmosphere Works8 Nov 2025

NAU students built a camera. Now it's going to Mars5 Nov 2025

New Glenn's successful static fire test clears way for launch of ESCAPADE mission5 Nov 2025

Blue Origin to launch NASA's Mars mission18 Jul 2025

2024

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NASA Stands Down from October Launch for ESCAPADE to MarsGOV6 Sep 2024

#NewGlenn's inaugural mission aims to send @NASA's ESCAPADE to Mars, with a launch date no earlier than October 13.23 Aug 2024

Rocket Lab-built Mars smallsats arrive at launch site19 Aug 2024

Escape, Plasma and Acceleration Dynamics Explorers (Escapade) Mission Design15 Jun 2024

Mission to Mars: what a student-designed, student-built camera can teach us about the red planet10 May 2024

ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers)26 Apr 2024

NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn25 Apr 2024

2023

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ESCAPADE confident in planned 2024 New Glenn launch13 Apr 2023

Trials and tribulations of planetary smallsats20 Feb 2023

2022

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ESCAPADE: A Low-Cost Formation at Mars18 Sep 2022

ESCAPADE: A Twin-Spacecraft Simplex Mission To Unveil Mars' Unique Hybrid Magnetosphere15 Jun 2022

2021

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'Blue' and 'Gold' satellites headed to Mars in 202423 Aug 2021

NASA's ESCAPADE Mission – Twin Martian Orbiters – Moves Toward LaunchGOV20 Aug 2021

2020

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Mars smallsat mission bumped from launch18 Sep 2020

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