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🚀 Why are the two ESCAPADE Mars probes taking a 12-month detour in space?

Launch windows to the red planet are rare and dictated by orbital positions. This constraint has long dictated the rhythm of ...

NASA’s latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE ...
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Next stop, not Mars: Why NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes are taking the long way to the Red Planet after Blue Origin launch

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...
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NASA Trying Out Unusual Way to Launch for Mars, Planet's Proximity No Longer a Factor

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched NASA's ESCAPADE mission, the first to take a long and unusual route to planet Mars.
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The next Mars launch window is in late 2026. So why is this exploratory mission taking off now?

(CNN) — 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.
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Mars Orbiter’s 10x Trajectory Boost for Interstellar Comet Tracking

The Mars probe got about 10 times closer to 3I/ATLAS than telescopes on Earth, and it observed the comet from a new viewing ...

NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick ...