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ESCAPADE Mars Mission Set for Late 2025 Launch

9/25/2025

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ESCAPADE spacecraft, Blue and Gold, will launch to Mars aboard a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket.
Rocket Lab delivered spacecraft to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 22, 2025.
The $80 million mission was delayed, now set for late 2025, with a 22-month cruise to Mars, arriving 2027, under the University of California's Space Sciences Laboratory.

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ESCAPADE spacecraft, Blue and Gold, will launch to Mars aboard a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket.
Rocket Lab delivered spacecraft to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 22, 2025.
The $80 million mission was delayed, now set for late 2025, with a 22-month cruise to Mars, arriving 2027, under the University of California's Space Sciences Laboratory.