Rocket Lab's Mars SmallSats Ready for Blue Origin's New Glenn Launch

The ESCAPADE mission aims to study Mars' magnetosphere and solar wind interaction, with an expected launch later this year.

Twin ESCAPADE spacecraft arrived in Florida for pre-launch preparations.
The mission will be the first to launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.
ESCAPADE will investigate the Martian magnetosphere and plasma dynamics.
Rocket Lab developed the satellites under NASA's SIMPLEx program.
The spacecraft will use their own thrusters to reach Mars after an initial Earth orbit.