EscaPADE was one of three missions selected by NASA in 2019 as part of the Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program.
NASA delayed the Key Decision Point C review for EscaPADE to the middle of 2021 while looking for a new launch ride.
EscaPADE is an example pair of smallsats that NASA intended to launch in 2022 to study how the solar wind strips Mars’ atmosphere.
EscaPADE was one of three smallsat missions selected by NASA in 2019 for initial studies under the Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program.
NASA planned in February for EscaPADE and Janus to launch as secondary payloads on a Falcon Heavy launch of the Psyche mission in July 2022.