Blue Origin to Launch ESCAPADE on Second New Glenn Mission Written 18 July 2025

Blue Origin to Launch ESCAPADE on Second New Glenn Mission

New Glenn at liftoff during the NG-1 mission (January 16, 2025). | Credit: Blue Origin

Space News reports, “Blue Origin has confirmed that a NASA Mars smallsat mission, bumped from the inaugural launch of the New Glenn rocket, will be on the vehicle’s second flight later this year. Blue Origin announced in a social media post July 17 that NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission will be the primary payload on the NG-2 launch, the second flight of New Glenn after its inaugural launch in January.”
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