Meet Blue and Gold: NASA's first twin satellites bound for Mars

Science Space Solar System Mars Meet Blue and Gold: NASA's first twin satellites bound for Mars The ESCAPADE mission will help predict space weather for future crewed missions to the Red Planet. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. NASA is readying the first dual-satellite mission to another planet. Currently scheduled to launch no earlier than Sunday November 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) are a pair of identical spacecraft tasked with traveling to Mars . Once in the Red Planet's orbit, the spacecraft will create three-dimensional maps of our cosmic neighbor's upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetic fields.