NASA said the first ESCAPADE spacecraft flew about 1,000 miles above Earth at 5 a.m. EST on Nov. 7 and the second about 650 miles up at 6 a.m. EST on Nov. 9, each with an engine burn of about nine minutes. The agency lists Rocket Lab and Blue Origin as partners and says the spacecraft launched on Nov. 13, 2025; SpaceNews describes them as Rocket Lab-built and names the Nov. 9 craft Gold and the earlier one Blue. Mars orbit insertion is planned for Sept. 7 and Sept. 9, 2027, and NASA does not say which spacecraft arrives on which day.
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