ESCAPADE Timeline/History
Critical Design Review
After some challenges over the summer following changing the separation and propulsion systems, the team at UCB and RL completed a successful CDR. From the Independent Review Board: The Escapade independent Mission CDR demonstrated stunning progress since the Spacecraft CDR in June. All the actions from SCDR were addressed. The..Read more
ESCAPADE confirmation
ESCAPADE passes its KDP-C on August 17, 2021, with a new target launch readiness date of May 2024. NASA press release Berkeley News article. Daily Californian article Rob Lillis Interview with Matt Kaplan on Planetary Radio. Supercluster article.
Rocket Lab Selected as ESCAPADE Spacecraft Contractor
Press Release: Space company Rocket Lab plans to build new Mars spacecraft The University of California-Berkeley has chosen California-based space company Rocket Lab to build two spacecraft for one of the least expensive interplanetary missions in history, a scientific investigation of the Martian magnetosphere. Read more.
ESCAPADE Timeline/History
Critical Design Review
After some challenges over the summer following changing the separation and propulsion systems, the team at UCB and RL completed a successful CDR. From the Independent Review Board: The Escapade independent Mission CDR demonstrated stunning progress since the Spacecraft CDR in June. All the actions from SCDR were addressed. The..Read more
ESCAPADE confirmation
ESCAPADE passes its KDP-C on August 17, 2021, with a new target launch readiness date of May 2024. NASA press release Berkeley News article. Daily Californian article Rob Lillis Interview with Matt Kaplan on Planetary Radio. Supercluster article.
Rocket Lab Selected as ESCAPADE Spacecraft Contractor
Press Release: Space company Rocket Lab plans to build new Mars spacecraft The University of California-Berkeley has chosen California-based space company Rocket Lab to build two spacecraft for one of the least expensive interplanetary missions in history, a scientific investigation of the Martian magnetosphere. Read more.