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NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars

NASA · US · Science · 11/9/2026, 11:01:47 AM

NASA’s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft have each successfully completed a powered Earth flyby, using Earth’s gravity in combination with a sustained engine burn to slingshot themselves toward Mars. With these successful maneuvers complete, the twin spacecraft are on target to reach the Red Planet in September 2027. “This is […]

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