Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...
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NASA’s latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE ...
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Blue Origin Sends NASA Mission To Mars, Followed By First-Ever Successful Landing Of New Glenn's Booster

I t’s off! The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission is on its way to Mars. It was sent ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches landmark Mars mission in New Glenn rocket’s first big test

After a weather delay dashed its first launch attempt over the weekend, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket has lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

25 years ago, Red Planet and Mission to Mars competed for the title of biggest Mars flop

Mars is still out of reach for a manned mission, let alone actual colonization, but it’s loomed for years as a natural next ...