The twin-spacecraft ESCAPADE mission bound for #mars

Robert Lillis, Associate Director for Planetary Science at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) and principal investigator of the twin spacecraft ESCAPADE mission discusses the need to study Mars' atmosphere and magnetosphere to ensure the safety of future astronauts. Phyllis Whittlesey, Associate Director of Solar and Heliophysics at SSL and EESA-e instrument lead, describes ESCAPADE's electrostatic analyzer. Abhishek Tripathi, Director of Mission Operations at SSL, relates the challenges of operating two spacecraft at distance.

Additional images courtesy Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, NASA and D. Duce / K2 Studios

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