ESCAPADE twin Mars orbiters spacecraft family
ESCAPADE is NASA’s twin-spacecraft Mars mission designed to measure how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetosphere and drives atmospheric escape. The coordinated orbiters launched together in 2025 and are using an Earth gravity assist before their planned Mars arrival.
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Identity
- Aliases
- EscaPADEEscape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics ExplorersESCAPADE Mars mission
- Family Name
- ESCAPADE
- Full Name
- ESCAPADE twin Mars orbiters spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiterresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- ESCAPADE is NASA’s twin-spacecraft Mars mission designed to measure how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetosphere and drives atmospheric escape. The coordinated orbiters launched together in 2025 and are using an Earth gravity assist before their planned Mars arrival.
- First Flight Year
- 2,025
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/escapade/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 04:37:23 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 04:37:23 UTC