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The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...

Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago. Called ...

If you were to stand on the surface of Mars in two years and look up to the night sky, you might see a bright streak flying across the heavens, followed a few minutes later by another. Rather than ...

The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral ...

NASA's first dual-satellite mission to another planet, ESCAPADE, is slated to launch this weekend. Mars is about to receive a double dose of attention. This weekend, a pair of identical NASA ...

I t’s off! The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission is on its way to Mars. It was sent into orbit by New Glenn, the heavy-lift launch vehicle from Blue Origin, the ...

The first step on the moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips—and ...

Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, is gearing up to launch its New Glenn rocket for NASA’s first contracted mission, the ESCAPADE spacecraft pair. This mission, aimed at ...

The ESCAPADE mission to Mars will use twin satellites containing instruments designed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students to study the thin Martian atmosphere. Blue Origin's New Glenn ...