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NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars
NASA Science · By Vanessa Thomas ·
The Brief
- Both NASA ESCAPADE spacecraft have each completed a powered Earth flyby.
- Each flyby combined Earth's gravity with a sustained engine burn to slingshot the spacecraft toward Mars.
- The two spacecraft are now en route to Mars.
Why it matters
It confirms that the mission is progressing on its planned trajectory toward Mars, a milestone that matters for anyone following the mission's Mars science goals.
Who’s affected
- heliophysics researchers
- space mission engineers
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…
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NASA announced that both ESCAPADE spacecraft had completed powered Earth flybys and were en route to Mars
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NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars