NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere and what that could mean for Earth

The ESCAPADE mission, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, is the first dual-satellite mission to ...

NASA quietly sends two spacecraft to Mars — and they're going a new way

A NASA mission will send twin spacecraft to Mars to learn what happened to the Red Planet's ancient, thick atmosphere.

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, ...

Trump again taps tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA after previously pulling nomination

President Donald Trump is nominating tech billionaire Jared Isaacman for a second time to serve as administrator of NASA, he ...
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NASA's new Mars mission: These twin satellites could reveal how the Red Planet lost its atmosphere

Mars is about to receive a double dose of attention. This weekend, a pair of identical NASA satellites will launch together ...

Meet Blue and Gold: NASA’s first twin satellites bound for Mars

ESCAPADE is overseen by the University of California Berkeley, who named the spacecraft’s onboard satellites Blue and Gold ...

Trump once again nominates tech space traveler Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator

President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all. The announcement comes five ...
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NASA’s ultraquiet supersonic 'flying swordfish' makes history with first test flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59 "quiet" supersonic plane flew for the first time in October. It’s a major step towards ...