Intense Solar Storm Delays ESCAPADE Launch
NASA’s ESCAPADE mission launched on Nov. 13, 2025!
But it wasn’t without any hiccups — or maybe a series of violent burps? — from the Sun!
The launch of ESCAPADE, our next mission to Mars, was delayed by a day due to the most powerful geomagnetic storm of 2025. The storm was caused by multiple flares and eruptions known as coronal mass ejections heading toward Earth.
With the help of NASA satellites and models, the team could monitor when the storm subsided and by the following day, it was safe to launch.
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Music credit: "Machine Learning” by Ben Niblett and Jon Cotton [PRS] from Universal Production Music
Additional Video and Animations: Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Storyblocks
Sound Effects: Pixabay
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Producer
- Lacey Young (eMITS)
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Videographers
- John Sackman (ASRC Federal Data Solutions)
- Chris Stevens (eMITS)
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Writers
- Abbey A. Interrante (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Joy Ng (eMITS)
- Erin Mahoney (Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.)
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Talent
- Joseph Westlake (NASA)
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This page was originally published on Friday, November 14, 2025.
This page was last updated on Friday, November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM EST.