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

Mars is about to receive a double dose of attention. This weekend, a pair of identical NASA satellites will launch together ...

NASA prepares twin probes to uncover Mars’s lost air and measure solar storm impact

The two spacecraft will start their engines in early November 2026, slingshot around Earth, and then use that momentum to ...
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New Glenn Hotfire Secures Path for ESCAPADE’s Mars Journey

Can we launch to Mars when the planets are not aligned? ESCAPADE is paving the way for that,” said Jeffrey Parker, chief technology officer at Advanced Space. That single question frames a mission ...
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Mars’ Frosted Kidney Beans and the Planet’s Tilting Climate Secrets

Springtime on Earth has lots of trickling as water ice gradually melts. But on Mars, everything happens with a bang,” said ...

NASA’s twin probes to map Mars’s lost atmosphere and solar storm risk

The two spacecraft will start their engines in early November 2026, slingshot around Earth, and then use that momentum to ...

Wind Speed Shocker: Dust Devils Show Mars Is Much Stormier

Rovers and landers on Mars can measure wind speed only where they are located — they cannot check winds across the whole ...
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NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA's first multiple-satellite mission to another planet will map Mars' magnetic field and atmosphere in 3D, laying the ...

Meet Blue and Gold: NASA’s first twin satellites bound for Mars

ESCAPADE is overseen by the University of California Berkeley, who named the spacecraft’s onboard satellites Blue and Gold ...