Let’s go on an ESCAPADE – NASA’s small, low-cost orbiters will examine Mars’ atmosphere

By: Christopher Carr, Georgia Institute of Technology and Glenn Lightsey, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Conversation

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Published: November 13, 2025

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By Christopher Carr, Georgia Institute of Technology and Glenn Lightsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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 will launch in mid-November 2025 on a Blue …

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