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.

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

The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), ...

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 ...

Isaacman’s NASA Plan Cites Possible SpaceX Role in Quest to Get to Mars

President Donald Trump’s NASA pick Jared Isaacman has proposed to launch an uncrewed mission to Mars as early as next year, ...

Mission to Mars: How space exploration pushes the human body to its limits

On January 14, 2004, the United States announced a new "Vision for Space Exploration," promising that humans would not only ...