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NASA Awards Blue Origin Contract to Launch Spacecraft to Study Mars’ Magnetosphere

The release did not provide any details on when the launch could be expected to take place.

NASA Awards Blue Origin Contract to Launch Spacecraft to Study Mars’ Magnetosphere Image Credit: SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty
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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 through Mars’ unique magnetosphere, the release said.

Blue Origin was on-ramped to NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract on January 26, 2022, with a five-year period of performance, the release added.

The release did not provide any details on when the launch could be expected to take place.



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