# Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket with two NASA spacecraft on board, destined for Mars. The ESCAPADE mission is the first coordinated multi-spacecraft orbital science mission to the red planet. The mission’s lead scientist, Rob Lillis, says the twin Escapade orbiters will spend a year near Earth before using a gravity assist to reach Mars in 2027, where they will study the planet’s upper atmosphere and magnetic fields:
Blue Origin rocket successfully launches twin spacecraft to Mars [SOUND]
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