The operation of ESCAPADE will be managed by the Space Science Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.
Rocket Lab transported the twin spacecraft ESCAPADE to Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 22.
The ESCAPADE mission is valued at $80 million and represents New Glenn's first interplanetary launch targeting Mars.
NASA is utilizing the VADR (Venture-class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare) contract for the ESCAPADE launch, with a contract value of $20 million.
New Glenn will not send ESCAPADE directly to Mars but will place it in an orbit around Earth from where the spacecraft will use thrusters to head to Mars.
ESCAPADE is equipped with a magnetometer to measure magnetic fields and an electrostatic analyzer to detect ions and electrons.
ESCAPADE will investigate Mars' magnetosphere and analyze how high-energy solar wind particles interact with Mars' atmosphere.
ESCAPADE is part of NASA's Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program with a mission cost of $80 million.
ESCAPADE's Mars launch is scheduled for no earlier than this fall.
ESCAPADE is at Astrotech.
ESCAPADE will study Mars' magnetic field and how it interacts with space weather.
The two ESCAPADE crafts are destined to orbit Mars as part of NASA's efforts to expand life in space.
Data gained from the ESCAPADE spacecraft will enable scientists to better protect future human and robotic missions to Mars.
NASA halted the initial attempted launch of ESCAPADE last year.
NASA's ESCAPADE spacecraft arrived in Titusville at Florida's Astrotech Space Operations facility from California on Tuesday.
ESCAPADE will investigate how the interaction between Mars' magnetic field and space weather drives atmospheric escape.
ESCAPADE is part of NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration program.
The ESCAPADE mission is based on Rocket Lab’s Explorer spacecraft platform, which is a configurable, high delta-V interplanetary variant.
Rocket Lab Corporation has delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s ESCAPADE mission.
Rocket Lab will perform propellant loading and vehicle integration before the launch of ESCAPADE.