NASA’s latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere Science Nov 16, 2025 3:55 PM EST

This article originally appeared on The Conversation .

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE , or Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, mission will help unleash: one where small, low-cost spacecraft enable researchers to learn rapidly, iterate, and advance technology and science.

The ESCAPADE mission launched on Nov. 13, 2025 on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket , sending two small orbiters to Mars to study its atmosphere. As aerospace engineers , we’re excited about this mission because not only will it do great science while advancing the deep space capa

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