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  • NASA’s ESCAPADE Launch Broadcast Now Airing

    Live broadcast coverage has begun for the launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission. Blue Origin is targeting 2:57 p.m. EST for the second launch of its New Glenn rocket that will send ESCAPADE’s twin spacecraft to mid Earth orbit on their journey to Mars. 

    Watch Blue Origin’s broadcast here.  

  • Weather Looks Great for Today’s Launch

    Blue Origin rocket carrying NASA's ESCAPADE is vertical on the launch pad.

    Weather officials with Blue Origin predict a 95% chance of favorable weather for today’s launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission.  The ESCAPADE mission is the first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to Mars. Its twin orbiters will take simultaneous observations from different locations around the Red Planet. The observations […]

  • Mission Facts About ESCAPADE

    An animation showing Mars against a black background. Two spacecraft – like short gray cyclinders with flat panels on the right and left – orbit the planet.

    NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration Dynamics Explorers) mission will study Mars’ real-time response to the solar wind, helping us better understand climate history of the Red Planet.  The ESCAPADE mission is the first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to the Red Planet. Its twin orbiters will take simultaneous observations from different locations around Mars, […]

  • Important Launch Milestones for NASA’s ESCAPADE

    Blue Origin rocket carrying NASA's ESCAPADE sits vertical on launch pad.

    Launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission is scheduled for Thursday on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 2:57 p.m. EST.  Here’s a look at some important launch milestones. All times are approximate:  TIME […]

  • Welcome to Launch Coverage for NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission

    NASA's ESCAPADE encapsulated inside a payload fairing.

    Launch day is here for NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission to Mars. Blue Origin is launching the ESCAPADE mission from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, on the second flight of its heavy lift rocket, New Glenn.   The twin ESCAPADE spacecraft sit inside the payload fairing atop […]

  • NASA’s ESCAPADE Launch Shifted by Solar Storms, Now Targeting Nov. 13

    Blue Origin rocket carrying NASA's ESCAPADE is vertical on launch pad.

    NASA postponed the launch of its ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission on Nov. 12 due to highly elevated space weather activity that evolved into the most intense geomagnetic storm of 2025. The next launch attempt is today, beginning with a launch window that opens at 2:57 p.m. EST.  Several eruptions on […]

  • NASA Draws Closer to Artemis II Rocket Completion with Newest Addition

    NASA integrated the Artemis II Orion stage adapter with the rest of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Wednesday in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s  Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Built by NASA engineers at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the adapter connects the rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion […]

  • Sentinel-6B Satellite Moves into Payload Processing Phase

    The Sentinel-6B spacecraft recently made a crucial transition in its prelaunch journey when technicians transferred the spacecraft from the NASA hangar to the Astrotech Space Operations payload processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on Sept. 24. After the move, technicians removed the satellite from its transport container and began processing activities. At […]