Mars, NASA and ESCAPADE
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launches twin probes on trip to Mars — and scores a booster touchdown
Blue Origin used its New Glenn rocket to launch twin probes that will study Mars' atmosphere and ionosphere — and then recovered the booster.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket booster landed on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, November 13, after launching NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) twin spacecraft from Cape Canaveral.
Rocket Lab-Built Twin Spacecraft Begin Mars Journey for NASA and UC Berkeley’s ESCAPADE Mission Twin satellites built by Rocket Lab for NASA and the University of California Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory have been successfully launched on a mission to Mars,
“It’s a huge privilege to be leading a mission to Mars,” said Robert Lillis, the UC Berkeley planetary scientist leading the international team of researchers, over email. “ (ESCAPADE) will give us a whole new set of ‘eyes’ in understanding how space weather buffets Mars’ atmosphere … It’s hugely significant.”