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ESCAPADE Mission to Mars Approved by NASA

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Tom Patton
Sep 02, 2021
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NASA has greenlighted the Rocket Lab ESCAPADE mission that will send two small satellites to Mars. The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission will orbit two Rocket Lab-built Photon spacecraft around Mars to understand the structure, composition, variability, and dynamics of Mars' unique hybrid magnetosphere. The mission…

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