Washington, Feb 10: NASA announced that it has awarded Blue Origin a contract to launch its spacecraft mission to study Mars’ magnetosphere. “NASA has awarded Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington a task order to provide launch service for the agency’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission as part of the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare launch services contract,” NASA said in a press release on Thursday. The ESCAPADE mission will study solar wind energy transfer […]
NASA has commissioned private space launch company Blue Origin, to launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers mission which will study Mars' magnetosphere.