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NASA setback: 1 Mars orbiter lost, another nearing shutdown

NASA is confronting a rare double setback at Mars, with one long-serving orbiter suddenly falling silent and another aging ...

NASA Scrambles to Recover MAVEN: Long-Term Mars Orbiter Goes Silent After 10 Years in Space

NASA engineers are working to restore communication with the MAVEN Mars orbiter after the spacecraft went silent in December ...
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NASA’s new rover ops hub could revamp Moon and Mars missions

The new Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is more than a fresh control room, it is a deliberate ...
Phys.org

NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars—twin satellites dubbed Blue and Gold will launch in early November

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 ...
BGR

NASA's Escapade Mars Mission Will Be Completely Different - Here's How

On November 13, NASA launched a new unmanned mission to Mars under the name ESCAPADE, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers. The launch was met with fairly little fanfare in ...
PRIMETIMER

NASA details 2025 achievements across Moon, Mars, and Earth Science missions

NASA reported 2025 achievements in lunar, Mars, and Earth science missions, including Artemis II preparations, CLPS landers, Mars ESCAPADE, ISS research, heliophysics, and new astronaut candidates.
USA Today

Blue Origin postpones New Glenn Mars mission for NASA. Here's when it could launch now

New Glenn was fueled up and vertical on the launch pad ahead of an impending launch before Blue Origin ultimately called it off. Blue Origin is now working toward a launch of its New Glenn rocket on ...
Space.com

NASA's new Mars mission: These twin satellites could reveal how the Red Planet lost its atmosphere

NASA's first dual-satellite mission to another planet, ESCAPADE, is slated to launch this weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...
The New York Times

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 missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...
Ars Technica

Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

Blue Origin scrubbed Sunday’s launch attempt due to poor weather, a cruise ship in restricted waters near the launch site, and ground system issues. The company says the next available launch ...
SpaceNews

New Glenn launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission, lands booster

WASHINGTON — Blue Origin successfully launched a NASA Mars mission on the second flight of its New Glenn booster Nov. 13, landing the vehicle’s first stage in the process. New Glenn lifted off on the ...
University of California

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...