Rocket Lab’s Mars probes reach launch site for first flight on Blue Origin New Glenn rocket (photos)

Two small satellites bound for Mars and set to join the long-awaited launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket have arrived at their launch site in Florida.

The satellite duo, known as ESCAPADE ("Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers"), are ready to be launched on New Glenn not before Oct 13 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. They arrive in Mars orbiting Earth in September 2025 on a NASA mission to study how incoming charged particles from the sun interaction with and change the planet's magnetic environment.

The two coordinated robotic explorers could provide a more detailed ...