Congratulations to Blue Origin and Rocket Lab on their successful second launch on November 13th! The New Glenn rocket deployed NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) twin-spacecraft into orbit!

ESCAPADE will begin their journey to Mars, with the end goal of investigating how the solar wind interacts with Mars’ magnetic environment and its influence on the planet’s atmospheric escape.

We are proud to have Valcor hardware on both the New Glenn and the satellites heading to Mars!

Photo Credit: Blue Origin

Photo Credit: UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab