Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

ESCAPADE’s path through space, relative to the Earth, has the peculiar shape of a kidney bean. In the world of astrodynamics, ...
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NASA's Escapade Mission May Finally Reveal How the Martian Atmosphere Works

On Sunday, NASA's Escapade, a collaborative effort among the space agency, UC Berkeley and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, will ...

Why an unprecedented NASA mission is set to take off on a winding journey to Mars

A NASA mission is set to launch twin spacecraft on a journey to Mars. The robotic orbiters could lift off atop Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket as soon as Sunday.

Blue Origin will ‘move heaven and Earth’ to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says

“We just want to help the US get to the Moon,” said Dave Limp, CEO of the space company founded by Jeff Bezos. “If NASA wants ...
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Second New Glenn launch set for Nov. 9

Blue Origin says the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA Mars spacecraft, is scheduled for Nov. 9.