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The previous trajectory correction attempt was delayed in December 2025 due to low thrust observed during earlier correction efforts on one of the ESCAPADE spacecraft.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Jan 8, 2026Second ESCAPADE spacecraft completes key trajectory fix on path to Mars

NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft are on a fully synchronized path to Mars.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0Jan 8, 2026Second ESCAPADE spacecraft completes key trajectory fix on path to Mars

Mission controllers successfully performed a critical trajectory correction maneuver for the second ESCAPADE probe on January 6, 2026.

PlanValue 3.2Jan 8, 2026Second ESCAPADE spacecraft completes key trajectory fix on path to Mars

On January 6, Gold successfully completed its second trajectory correction maneuver as part of NASA and UCB SSL's ESCAPADE mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 8, 2026RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: 🟡Gold just fired its longest burn yet — 97.7 seconds. On January 6, our Explorer spacecraft for @NASA and @ucbssl's ESCAPADE mission successfully completed its second trajectory correction maneuver, sending Gold past the Earth–Sun L2 Lagrange point and into its months-long deep-space cruise phase alongside its twin, Blue. 🌍➡️🔴 Read more: https://bit.ly/49sy6W2

One of the two Mars-bound spacecraft of the ESCAPADE mission took the first images a week after launch.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.4Nov 24, 2025RT by @GewoonLukas_: “First light” for NASA’s ESCAPADE mission! 🚀 📸 These images, taken on Nov. 21, 2025, are ESCAPADE’s “first light,” or first images taken from space. Just about a week after launch, one of the two Mars-bound spacecraft took these images as part of the commissioning process, which checks that all the spacecraft’s instruments are functioning as expected. The images, captured by the spacecraft's onboard VISIONS cameras, were taken about 550,062 miles (885,240 kilometers) from Earth. The view looks along the spacecraft's solar panel and out into space. The left-side image shows the view from the visible-light sensor, while the right-side image was taken with the infrared sensor, showing which parts of the array are warmer and cooler. At Mars, the visible-light camera will attempt to capture Mars’ auroras, whereas the infrared sensor will capture the changing temperatures on the Martian surface as the Sun rises and sets. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/4oeAlSc

NASA's ESCAPADE mission achieved 'first light' by capturing images from space on November 21, 2025.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.7Nov 24, 2025RT by @GewoonLukas_: “First light” for NASA’s ESCAPADE mission! 🚀 📸 These images, taken on Nov. 21, 2025, are ESCAPADE’s “first light,” or first images taken from space. Just about a week after launch, one of the two Mars-bound spacecraft took these images as part of the commissioning process, which checks that all the spacecraft’s instruments are functioning as expected. The images, captured by the spacecraft's onboard VISIONS cameras, were taken about 550,062 miles (885,240 kilometers) from Earth. The view looks along the spacecraft's solar panel and out into space. The left-side image shows the view from the visible-light sensor, while the right-side image was taken with the infrared sensor, showing which parts of the array are warmer and cooler. At Mars, the visible-light camera will attempt to capture Mars’ auroras, whereas the infrared sensor will capture the changing temperatures on the Martian surface as the Sun rises and sets. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/4oeAlSc

The infrared sensor of the ESCAPADE mission will capture changing temperatures on the Martian surface.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 24, 2025RT by @GewoonLukas_: “First light” for NASA’s ESCAPADE mission! 🚀 📸 These images, taken on Nov. 21, 2025, are ESCAPADE’s “first light,” or first images taken from space. Just about a week after launch, one of the two Mars-bound spacecraft took these images as part of the commissioning process, which checks that all the spacecraft’s instruments are functioning as expected. The images, captured by the spacecraft's onboard VISIONS cameras, were taken about 550,062 miles (885,240 kilometers) from Earth. The view looks along the spacecraft's solar panel and out into space. The left-side image shows the view from the visible-light sensor, while the right-side image was taken with the infrared sensor, showing which parts of the array are warmer and cooler. At Mars, the visible-light camera will attempt to capture Mars’ auroras, whereas the infrared sensor will capture the changing temperatures on the Martian surface as the Sun rises and sets. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/4oeAlSc

The visible-light camera of the ESCAPADE mission will attempt to capture Mars' auroras.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 24, 2025RT by @GewoonLukas_: “First light” for NASA’s ESCAPADE mission! 🚀 📸 These images, taken on Nov. 21, 2025, are ESCAPADE’s “first light,” or first images taken from space. Just about a week after launch, one of the two Mars-bound spacecraft took these images as part of the commissioning process, which checks that all the spacecraft’s instruments are functioning as expected. The images, captured by the spacecraft's onboard VISIONS cameras, were taken about 550,062 miles (885,240 kilometers) from Earth. The view looks along the spacecraft's solar panel and out into space. The left-side image shows the view from the visible-light sensor, while the right-side image was taken with the infrared sensor, showing which parts of the array are warmer and cooler. At Mars, the visible-light camera will attempt to capture Mars’ auroras, whereas the infrared sensor will capture the changing temperatures on the Martian surface as the Sun rises and sets. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/4oeAlSc

Blue Origin's announcement followed the successful launch of the NG-2 mission, which sent NASA's low-cost Escapade mission on a trajectory to Mars.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Nov 22, 2025Blue Origin anuncia una versión más potente y grande del cohete New Glenn

The ESCAPADE spacecraft will study Mars' magnetic environment and atmosphere.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Nov 20, 2025Blue Origin's New Glenn Nails First Ocean Booster Landing

Blue Origin launched a pair of NASA spacecraft named ESCAPADE, which are headed to Mars orbit.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Nov 20, 2025Blue Origin's New Glenn Nails First Ocean Booster Landing

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket deployed NASA's Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft into low-Earth orbit at 3:55 p.m.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 18, 2025Record doubleheader: SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets from Florida

NASA's ESCAPADE mission launched at 3:55 p.m. EST.

PlanValue 3.0Nov 17, 2025NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind

ESCAPADE was launched atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Nov 17, 2025NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind

SpaceX has performed a total of 6 science mission launches for NASA in 2023, including NISAR and EscaPADE.

GeneralValue 3.5Nov 17, 2025SpaceX successfully launched the NASA-ESA Sentinel-6B satellite last night! This was the 4th science mission launch SpaceX performed for NASA this year, following SPHEREx/PUNCH, TRACERS, and IMAP/SWFO-L1/Carruthers! It also was the 6th overall following NISAR and EscaPADE.

The New Glenn rocket is 322 feet (98 meters) tall and will send NASA's ESCAPADE twin spacecraft to Mars.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.2Nov 16, 2025Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing

The ESCAPADE twin spacecraft aim to study Mars' climate history with the hope of supporting future human exploration.

GeneralValue 2.2Nov 16, 2025Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing

New Glenn launched NASA's ESCAPADE mission on November 13.

GeneralValue 4.0Nov 15, 2025RT by @GewoonLukas_: From blue skies to the red horizons of Mars On Nov. 13, New Glenn launched @NASA’s ESCAPADE mission and landed its fully reusable first stage on Jacklyn in the Atlantic.

ESCAPADE will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars' magnetic environment and drives the planet's atmospheric escape.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 14, 2025Multiple successes as Blue Origin launches New Glenn’s orbital launch vehicle with NASA’s EscaPADE to Mars + and landed the reusable large booster

After the commissioning phase, UC Berkeley will operate ESCAPADE with continued support from Rocket Lab until Mars orbital insertion.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 14, 2025New Glenn Launches ESCAPADE, a NASA Mission to Mars