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How carrying enough water to make return-trip propellant simplifies a Starship mission to Mars

The idea of a human mission to explore Mars has been studied repeatedly over the past 75 years. More than 1,000 piloted Mars mission studies were conducted inside and outside NASA between about 1950 ...
University of California

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA’s ESCAPADE is the first UC Berkeley-led planetary mission. Its two identical satellites will provide an unprecedented stereo view of Mars’ magnetosphere. Mapping the ionosphere and space ...
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What is NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars? Twin satellites to study red planet’s magnetic field

New Delhi: NASA is all set to send the first-ever ESCAPADE twin spacecraft to Mars Wednesday. New Glenn, the orbital rocket, has been designed by Bezos’ Blue Origin space company. The mission is ...
The New York Times

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together. By Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang went to ...
Astronomy

What will a human mission to Mars look like?

Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But with NASA planning a human mission as early as the 2030s, that will soon ...