{"id":596602,"date":"2026-11-10T03:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-research\/heliophysics\/nasas-escapade-completes-powered-earth-flybys-now-en-route-to-mars\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T03:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T16:01:47","slug":"nasas-escapade-completes-powered-earth-flybys-now-en-route-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=596602","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA\u2019s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft have each successfully completed a powered Earth flyby, using Earth\u2019s gravity in combination with a sustained engine burn to slingshot themselves toward Mars. With these successful maneuvers complete, the twin spacecraft are on target to reach the Red Planet in September 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the first time NASA has used a powered Earth flyby to propel a spacecraft toward Mars, and we\u2019ve now executed this maneuver twice, flawlessly, in just two days,\u201d said Asal Naseri, acting associate flight director for the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full margin-left-auto margin-right-auto hds-media-align-inline hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-video\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full flex-column\">\n<div class=\"hds-video-container width-full embed-container\"><video title=\"ESCAPADE Earth Flyby Trajectories\" id=\"nasa-plus-t6nzQ\" class=\"video-js video-player vjs-fluid width-full\" data-setup=\"{&quot;controls&quot;:true,&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\" data-nasa-video-analytics=\"{&quot;debug&quot;:false,&quot;data&quot;:{&quot;env_key&quot;:&quot;91nns8oppqdfqc44lgo4b1gni&quot;,&quot;player_name&quot;:&quot;www.nasa.gov Player&quot;,&quot;video_name&quot;:&quot;ESCAPADE Earth Flyby Trajectories&quot;}}\"><source src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/missions\/escapade\/ESCAPADE_tmi_j2000_AdvancedSpace.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" rel=\"noopener\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-media-caption hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">\n<div>In November 2026, each of NASA\u2019s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft executed a powered flyby of Earth, combining Earth\u2019s gravity with an engine burn, to slingshot itself toward Mars. The first spacecraft made its closest approach around 5 a.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 7, and the second did so two days later, around 6 a.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 9. In this animation, each spacecraft\u2019s approximately 9-minute trans-Mars injection burn appears as an orange arc along the spacecraft\u2019s trajectory.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">\n<div>Advanced Space\/Matt Bolliger<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/escapade\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ESCAPADE<\/a> spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Nov. 13, 2025, when Earth and Mars were on opposite sides of the Sun. So instead of heading straight for the Red Planet, as most other Mars missions have done, both spacecraft entered a \u201cloiter\u201d or \u201cEarth-proximity\u201d orbit. They charted a first-of-its-kind, kidney-bean-shaped course around a place in space about a million miles from Earth called Lagrange point 2, which is a gravitational balancing point on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun. Then they headed back toward Earth to perform this gravitational slingshot maneuver around our planet once Earth and Mars were favorably aligned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full margin-left-auto margin-right-auto hds-media-align-inline hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-video\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full flex-column\">\n<div class=\"hds-video-container width-full embed-container\"><video title=\"14915_ESCAPADE_Loiter_4K_YouTube_LABELS.mp4\" id=\"nasa-plus-NiARY\" class=\"video-js video-player vjs-fluid width-full\" data-setup=\"{&quot;controls&quot;:true,&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\" data-nasa-video-analytics=\"{&quot;debug&quot;:false,&quot;data&quot;:{&quot;env_key&quot;:&quot;91nns8oppqdfqc44lgo4b1gni&quot;,&quot;player_name&quot;:&quot;www.nasa.gov Player&quot;,&quot;video_name&quot;:&quot;14915_ESCAPADE_Loiter_4K_YouTube_LABELS.mp4&quot;}}\"><source src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/cds\/svs\/a010000\/a014900\/a014915\/14915_ESCAPADE_Loiter_4K_YouTube_LABELS.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" rel=\"noopener\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-media-caption hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">\n<div>The ESCAPADE mission is pioneering a unique path to get to Mars. After launch in November 2025, the two ESCAPADE spacecraft looped around the Earth-Sun Lagrange point 2 (L2), in an \u201cEarth-proximity\u201d or \u201cloiter\u201d orbit that allowed the spacecraft to return to Earth in November 2026 and use our planet\u2019s gravity to slingshot themselves to Mars.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">\n<div>Advanced Space\/Matt Bolliger<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith this loiter orbit and Earth flyby, ESCAPADE is pioneering a new strategy for getting to Mars,\u201d said Jeff Parker of Advanced Space, lead mission designer. \u201cThis method provides the flexibility to launch almost anytime and then use Earth\u2019s gravity to get a boost to Mars, rather than waiting every two years to launch there directly when the planets are aligned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first ESCAPADE spacecraft completed its close approach to Earth and its approximately 9-minute trans-Mars injection burn \u2014 the engine firing that commits the spacecraft to its path to Mars \u2014 at 5 a.m. EST on Nov. 7, when it was about 1,000 miles above the planet\u2019s surface. The second spacecraft followed suit two days later, completing its close approach and engine burn at 6 a.m. EST on Nov. 9, when it was about 650 miles above the planet\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \" style=\"--hds-image-contain-bg:#ffffff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/missions\/escapade\/ESCAPADE-B_TMI_07.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Several people, most wearing blue jackets with an SSL logo on them, sit or stand behind two rows of computer monitors, some of them looking at the monitors with a sense of anticipation. (opens in a new tab)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/escapade\/ESCAPADE-B_TMI_07.jpg?w=2048&amp;h=1365&amp;%23038;fit=clip&amp;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x1365 size-2048x1365\" alt=\"Several people, most wearing blue jackets with an SSL logo on them, sit or stand behind two rows of computer monitors, some of them looking at the monitors with a sense of anticipation.\" style=\"transform: scale(1);transform-origin: 50% 50%;object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">In the mission operations center at the University of California, Berkeley\u2019s Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), Robert Lillis, ESCAPADE\u2019s principal investigator (bottom right), awaits a signal after the first spacecraft performed an engine burn that initiated a powered Earth gravity assist on Nov. 7, 2026. Also pictured in the foreground (from left to right) are SSL aerospace engineer Sasha Courtade, SSL mission operations manager Mark Lewis, and SSL mission operations engineer Brett Bonelli.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">Alan Toth\/UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These powered flybys of Earth set both spacecraft on course for their 10-month cruise to Mars, culminating with their Mars orbit insertion burns planned for Sept. 7 and Sept. 9, 2027. Once in orbit around Mars, the two spacecraft will fly in formation to study how a million-mile-per-hour stream of material flowing from the Sun, known as the solar wind, interacts with the Martian environment and how that drives atmospheric loss at Mars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy better understanding how the solar wind affects the Martian environment, ESCAPADE\u2019s findings could help us plan and prepare for future human exploration of the Red Planet,\u201d said Michele Cash, ESCAPADE program scientist at NASA Headquarters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The twin ESCAPADE spacecraft have already taken some science observations during their loiter orbit as they flew multiple times through Earth\u2019s magnetotail, a part of our planet\u2019s magnetic environment that gets stretched away from Earth, opposite the Sun, by the solar wind. During the 10-month trip to Mars, the spacecraft also will be able to study the dynamics of the solar wind between Earth and Mars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the way, the spacecraft will perform a series of trajectory correction maneuvers to adjust their path and ensure they are on a precise course to rendezvous with Mars in September 2027.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"width-full maxw-full margin-left-auto margin-right-auto hds-media-align-inline hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-video\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full flex-column\">\n<div class=\"hds-video-container width-full embed-container\"><video title=\"14915_DeepSpaceTransferView1_4K_H264.mp4\" id=\"nasa-plus-w66Ag\" class=\"video-js video-player vjs-fluid width-full\" data-setup=\"{&quot;controls&quot;:true,&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\" data-nasa-video-analytics=\"{&quot;debug&quot;:false,&quot;data&quot;:{&quot;env_key&quot;:&quot;91nns8oppqdfqc44lgo4b1gni&quot;,&quot;player_name&quot;:&quot;www.nasa.gov Player&quot;,&quot;video_name&quot;:&quot;14915_DeepSpaceTransferView1_4K_H264.mp4&quot;}}\"><source src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/cds\/svs\/a010000\/a014900\/a014915\/14915_DeepSpaceTransferView1_4K_H264.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" rel=\"noopener\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-media-caption hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">\n<div>With ESCAPADE\u2019s trans-Mars injection burns complete, the two spacecraft (represented by the central, teal arc) are traveling away from Earth (represented by the inner, blue orbit) and headed toward Mars (represented by the outer, red orbit).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">\n<div>Advanced Space\/Matt Bolliger<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When they reach Mars, two days apart, each spacecraft will fire its engine for about 11 minutes to slow down and enter orbit around the planet. The spacecraft then will take several months to maneuver into their first science formation, where they will follow one another in the same orbit to study how the planet\u2019s environment changes with time and location. Science operations are expected to begin in June 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six months later, the two spacecraft will shift into different orbits,\u00a0with one traveling farther from Mars to observe the incoming solar wind and the other staying closer to the planet to study how Mars responds to the solar wind in real time. That science campaign is scheduled to last five months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis will be the first science mission to choreograph two orbiters around Mars, and the first time we will be able to make coordinated observations of the Martian environment from two different locations simultaneously,\u201d said ESCAPADE\u2019s principal investigator, Rob Lillis of the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funded by NASA\u2019s Heliophysics Division, ESCAPADE is part of the agency\u2019s SIMPLEx (Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration) program, which supports missions that explore the solar system in innovative ways with smaller budgets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University of California, Berkeley\u2019s Space Sciences Laboratory leads the mission with key partners\u00a0Rocket Lab; NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Advanced Space; and Blue Origin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ESCAPADE mission continues the scientific legacy of historical Mars missions with a dedicated team driving new innovations for its journey to and at the Red Planet,\u201d said Skyler Kleinschmidt, ESCAPADE program executive at NASA Headquarters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-bottom-2\">\n<ul class=\"social-icons 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