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Next stop, not Mars: Why NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes are taking the long way to the Red Planet after Blue Origin launch

The twin ESCAPADE Mars probes just took flight — but they won't reach their destination until late 2027.

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NASA sends twin spacecraft to Mars with a push from Blue Origin

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Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket deploys Mars satellites, sticks booster landing

The Blue Origin space venture of billionaire Jeff Bezos launched its giant New Glenn rocket from Florida on Thursday on its debut flight for paying customers, carrying two satellites on their way to M...

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches landmark Mars mission in New Glenn rocket’s first big test

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Blue Origin latest: Big win for Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin as rocket booster lands back on Earth after Mars mission launch

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together.

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Why Do All The Planets Orbit In The Same Plane?

This video explains why planets in our solar system orbit in nearly the same plane, tracing their origins back to a rotating protoplanetary disc of dust and gas that formed around the young Sun. It explores how stars and planets are born, the role of ...

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Two Merry-go-Round Planets Discovered for the First Time in a System Believed to Have None

Astronomers call it KOI-134, and it's a star located 3,747 light-years away from Earth. Despite the huge distance that separates us, we've known it was there for more than a decade now, ever since the Kepler space telescope was pointed that way. Until now ...