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The data returned from the ESCAPADE spacecraft will provide new insight into the evolution of Mars’ climate, contributing to the body of research investigating how Mars began losing its atmosphere and water system.The ESCAPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, with key partners Rocket Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Advanced Space LLC, and Blue Origin. || ", "release_date": "2024-07-30T15:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-07-30T14:58:03.792202-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 1095814, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014600/a014641/ESCAPADE-FINAL-Horizontal-Front_Web.jpg", "filename": "ESCAPADE-FINAL-Horizontal-Front_Web.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "ESCAPADE Horizontal Poster FRONTCredit: NASA/Kristen Perrin", "width": 2100, "height": 1421, "pixels": 2984100 } }, { "id": 14642, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14642/", "page_type": "Infographic", "title": "ESCAPADE Spacecraft Specifications", "description": "The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, led by Rob Lillis at the University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory (UCBSSL), is a twin-spacecraft science mission that will orbit two spacecraft around Mars to understand the structure, composition, variability, and dynamics of Mars' unique hybrid magnetosphere. The mission will leverage its unique dual viewpoint on the Mars environment to explore how the solar wind strips atmosphere away from Mars to better understand how its climate has changed over time. ESCAPADE is being developed under NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program in the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The mission is led by UCBSSL with spacecraft design provided by Rocket Lab.The spacecraft were designed, built, integrated, and tested at Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft Production Complex and headquarters in Long Beach, California. Based on Rocket Lab’s Explorer spacecraft, a configurable, high delta-V interplanetary platform, the duo features Rocket Lab-built components and subsystems, including solar panels, star trackers, propellant tanks, reaction wheels, reaction control systems, radios, and more. || ", "release_date": "2024-07-30T15:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-11-03T13:47:58.870680-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 1096043, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014600/a014642/Mars_ESC_Diagram_white_print.jpg", "filename": "Mars_ESC_Diagram_white_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Credit: Rocket Lab USA", "width": 1024, "height": 866, "pixels": 886784 } }, { "id": 5200, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5200/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Mars Disappearing Solar Wind: MAVEN Visualizations", "description": "This data visualization depicts a period of decreased solar wind at Mars that occurred on December 25, 2022, causing the planet’s magnetosphere to expand outward. Ion velocity and density data collected by the MAVEN spacecraft is presented using a color-mapped satellite orbit tail and vectors along MAVEN’s orbit. || maven_solar_wind_comp.02715_print.jpg (1024x576) [84.4 KB] || maven_solar_wind_comp.02715_searchweb.png (320x180) [47.3 KB] || maven_solar_wind_comp.02715_thm.png (80x40) [4.3 KB] || maven_solar_wind_comp (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || maven_solar_wind_comp_2160p60.mp4 (3840x2160) [187.6 MB] || maven_solar_wind_comp_prores.mov (3840x2160) [10.1 GB] || ", "release_date": "2023-12-11T12:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2024-08-22T05:26:59.974355-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 1088031, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a005200/a005200/maven_solar_wind_vertical.02715_print.jpg", "filename": "maven_solar_wind_vertical.02715_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This data visualization depicts a period of decreased solar wind at Mars that occurred on December 25, 2022, causing the planet’s magnetosphere to expand outward. Ion velocity and density data collected by the MAVEN spacecraft is presented using a color-mapped satellite orbit tail and vectors along MAVEN’s orbit. This version does not include a date stamp or legend and is in a vertical orientation. ", "width": 1024, "height": 1820, "pixels": 1863680 } }, { "id": 13771, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13771/", "page_type": "Infographic", "title": "MAVEN Infographic: Martian Dust Storms Accelerate Water Loss", "description": "This illustration shows how water is lost on Mars normally vs. during regional or global dust storms. Text-readable PDF version.Credits: NASA/Goddard/CI Lab/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez/Krystofer Kim || MAVEN_ILLO_v7_print.jpg (1024x575) [117.4 KB] || MAVEN_ILLO_v7.png (6667x3750) [1.5 MB] || MAVEN_ILLO_v7.jpg (6667x3750) [1.4 MB] || MAVEN_ILLO_v7_searchweb.png (320x180) [53.3 KB] || MAVEN_ILLO_v7_thm.png (80x40) [5.9 KB] || ", "release_date": "2020-11-13T12:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2024-10-15T14:52:53.320638-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 381390, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013700/a013771/MAVEN_ILLO_v7_print.jpg", "filename": "MAVEN_ILLO_v7_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This illustration shows how water is lost on Mars normally vs. during regional or global dust storms. 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Not all magnetospheres are alike. This animation depicts the unique magnetospheres around Earth, Mars, and Jupiter. To demonstrate their strength, each planet's magnetosphere receives a direct hit from a coronal mass ejection (CME) - a cloud of dense radiation and magnetic field from the Sun. The impact of the CME on the planet depends on the strength of the magnetosphere. On Mars, the magnetosphere is weak and patchy, resulting in some loss of the planet's atmosphere. At Earth, the magnetosphere acts as a buffer, deforming from the impact, but protecting the planet. For Jupiter, the punch of the CME is barely felt by the massive magnetic field. || ", "release_date": "2019-09-16T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:45:38.848251-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 392915, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a020000/a020200/a020297/H_0219_VC_Animation_Full.00600_print.jpg", "filename": "H_0219_VC_Animation_Full.00600_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Animation of a coronal mass ejection impacting Mars, Earth, and Jupiter. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Bailee DesRocher", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } ], "sources": [], "products": [], "newer_versions": [], "older_versions": [], "alternate_versions": [] }