Blue Origin
Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation
Space Exploration & Science Missions
Commercial Space
NASA
Space.com
• Leonard David
Live long and loiter: NASA's ESCAPADE will wait a year in space before heading to Mars
NASA's ESCAPADE mission will spend about a year loitering in space before starting its Mars transfer, delaying arrival to match orbital geometry rather than relying on an immediate Mars-bound launch. The approach highlights alternative timing strategies for lower-cost planetary probes.
