Monday, November 9, 2026

NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars

NASA’s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft have each successfully completed a powered Earth flyby, using Earth’s gravity in combination with a sustained engine burn to slingshot themselves toward Mars. With these successful maneuvers complete, the twin spacecraft are on target to reach the Red Planet in September 2027. “This is […]

November 8, 2026 at 07:00PM
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