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Next stop, not Mars: What's ahead for NASA's newly launched ESCAPADE Red Planet probes
For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red Planet anytime soon. NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes launched Thursday (Nov. 13) on the second-ever flight of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket.
On Sunday, NASA's Escapade, a collaborative effort among the space agency, UC Berkeley and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, will launch and attempt to add two more orbiters to the elusive club of successful missions to Mars. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. ET.