ESCAPADE Timeline/History
ESCAPADE is set to launch on the maiden voyage of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket in Late 2024! (Timeline date is a dummy/placeholder: official launch date not yet announced)
More great work from our Rocket Lab partners and both spacecraft are finished environmental testing!
Blue, the spacecraft on the left, has completed a successful thermal vacuum test campaign. Meanwhile Gold, the spacecraft on the right, has completed pre-environments testing and is now into vibration testing. Not long to go until these beautiful machines are shipped out to the Cape ready for their journey to…
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Blue spacecraft completed shock & vibe testing at Rocket Lab USA, Long Beach. Ready for TVAC!
Our partners at Rocket Lab USA are working hard to integrate the propulsion systems we need to be captured by Mars's gravity and synchronize our orbits! [caption id="attachment_686" align="alignnone" width="900"] ESCAPADE Engine Installation[/caption]
The full Science & Project teams met at UC Berkeley on January 29 to provide updates and familiarize all parts of the project with each other as we move into our launch year!!
With the two spacecraft (mostly) assembled, it's time to carefully review the configuration of the system & ensure that all unit-level, subsystem, and system testing has been completed. Here is where we make sure everything is ready to put the spacecraft through their environmental tests, i.e. the conditions they will…
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Fully tested and delivered, time to mount the instruments on the Blue & Gold Spacecraft and put them through their paces!!
We built up a full copy of the spacecraft to make sure our design can survive the punishing environment of launch into space!
It's Instrument Suite I&T! Instrument teams are hard at work assembling, testing, disassembling, cleaning, retesting. Here's EESA-e instrument lead Phyllis Whittlesey hard at work.
ESCAPADE Timeline/History
ESCAPADE is set to launch on the maiden voyage of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket in Late 2024! (Timeline date is a dummy/placeholder: official launch date not yet announced)
More great work from our Rocket Lab partners and both spacecraft are finished environmental testing!
Blue, the spacecraft on the left, has completed a successful thermal vacuum test campaign. Meanwhile Gold, the spacecraft on the right, has completed pre-environments testing and is now into vibration testing. Not long to go until these beautiful machines are shipped out to the Cape ready for their journey to…
Read more
Blue spacecraft completed shock & vibe testing at Rocket Lab USA, Long Beach. Ready for TVAC!
Our partners at Rocket Lab USA are working hard to integrate the propulsion systems we need to be captured by Mars's gravity and synchronize our orbits! [caption id="attachment_686" align="alignnone" width="900"] ESCAPADE Engine Installation[/caption]
The full Science & Project teams met at UC Berkeley on January 29 to provide updates and familiarize all parts of the project with each other as we move into our launch year!!
With the two spacecraft (mostly) assembled, it's time to carefully review the configuration of the system & ensure that all unit-level, subsystem, and system testing has been completed. Here is where we make sure everything is ready to put the spacecraft through their environmental tests, i.e. the conditions they will…
Read more
Fully tested and delivered, time to mount the instruments on the Blue & Gold Spacecraft and put them through their paces!!
We built up a full copy of the spacecraft to make sure our design can survive the punishing environment of launch into space!
It's Instrument Suite I&T! Instrument teams are hard at work assembling, testing, disassembling, cleaning, retesting. Here's EESA-e instrument lead Phyllis Whittlesey hard at work.