NASA ESCAPADE Mission to Mars Update: The Road Ahead | Rocket Lab
Our twin spacecraft for the NASA ESCAPADE Mission and its partner, the University of California Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), have completed their engine burns and are now cruising near the Earth–Sun L2 Lagrange point. Twin spacecraft, Blue and Gold, will hang tight here until November 2026 when they will begin their cruise to Mars orbit to begin their science mission studying the Martian magnetosphere.
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/what-is-a-lagrange-point/
ESCAPADE is led by the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. It is responsible for mission management, systems engineering, science leadership, navigation, operations, the electron and ion electrostatic analyzers, plus science data processing and archiving.
Key partners are Rocket Lab USA (spacecraft), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (magnetometers), Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (Langmuir probes), Advanced Space LLC (mission design), and Blue Origin (launch).
Learn more about the two identical spacecraft designed, built, integrated, and tested by Rocket Lab for the University of California Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory and NASA's Mars Mission:
Duration: 3 minutes
Release Date: Jan. 20, 2026
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