Nasa agrees to use Blue Origin rocket for Mars mission
Jef Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has been awarded its first interplanetary Nasa contract for a mission that will study the magnetic field around Mars.
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Jef Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has been awarded its first interplanetary Nasa contract for a mission that will study the magnetic field around Mars.
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An interplanetary mission led by the University of California, Berkeley, to put two satellites — dubbed “Blue” and “Gold” — into orbit around Mars has been officially authorized to prepare for launch in October 2024.The announcement last week by NASA
Photo: Kieran Fanning / Rocket Lab / AFP The company has been picked to design the craft for Nasa's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPDE) mission, to put craft into orbit around Mars to study its magnetosphere, to better understand how solar wind removes atmosphere over time. Two of Rocketlab's small Photon spacecraft would be carried to near the planet aboard a large Nasa craft on an 11-month voyage and then be launched into orbit. Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck said the mission was a way of doing big science in a small package. "Planetary science...
Rocket Lab Wins Contract to Design NASA Spacecraft for Unmanned Mars Mission - Statement Tue 15th June 2021 | 11:10 PM WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th June, 2021) NASA has ordered the design of two new unmanned spacecraft for a Mars orbital surveillance mission, the California-based company Rocket Lab announced on Tuesday. "Rocket Lab, a global leader in dedicated launch and space systems, has been awarded a contract to design two Photon spacecraft for a scientific mission to Mars," the company said in a press release. The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (E...