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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist's rendering shows the ESCAPADE probes near Mars. NASA After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma ...
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UC Berkeley’s Blue and Gold satellites are now flying through Earth’s magnetotail — a first

With their instruments now fired up and recording data, the twin ESCAPADE satellites are undertaking a test run before they head to Mars later this year. On Wednesday, Mar. 4, they will plow through a ...
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Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...