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In a few days, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) will perform a manoeuvre that no agency spacecraft has flown before — and do it twice. Each of the two ESCAPADE spacecraft will execute a “powered” flyby of Earth, combining Earth’s gravity with an engine burn, to slingshot itself toward Mars.…
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In November 2026, each of NASA’s two **ESCAPADE** (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft will perform a “powered” flyby of Earth, combining Earth’s gravity with an approximately 9-minute engine burn, to slingshot itself toward Mars.
OriginalIn a few days, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) will perform a manoeuvre that no agency spacecraft has flown before — and do it twice. Each of the two ESCAPADE spacecraft will execute a “powered” flyby of Earth, combining Earth’s gravity with an engine burn, to slingshot itself toward Mars.…
OriginalIn a few days, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) will perform a maneuver that no agency spacecraft has flown before…
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