Missions / NASA orbiter
ESCAPADE
Two small orbiters, Blue and Gold, that will study how the solar wind strips away the Martian atmosphere.
En routeSource: NASA mission page
Status checked Nov 12, 2026 Twin spacecraft. Completed Earth flybys 7 and 9 Nov 2026; Mars arrival planned for September 2027.
- Planned arrival
- September 2027Source: NASA mission page
Status checked Nov 12, 2026 - Launched
- Nov 13, 2025Source: NASA mission page
- Location
- Cruise to Mars
- Agency
- NASA
Recent news
- NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars probes slingshot around Earth in unprecedented double 'gravity assist' Space.com · Nov 10, 2026
- ESCAPADE on its way to Mars after Earth flybys SpaceNews · Nov 10, 2026