Rocket Lab(@RocketLab):Blue and Gold are on their way to Mars! The twin spacecraft, designed and built by Rocket Lab, for @NASA and @ucbssl's ESCAPADE mission, completed powered Earth gravity assists to each perfectly execute a trans-Mars Injection. Both spacecraft fired their main engine for 9.5 minutes, hurtling past Earth at more than 10 kilometers per second, to enter an interplanetary cruise phase. They are due to arrive at the Red Planet in September 2027 to study the Martian atmosphere.

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2026.11.10 21:23

Blue and Gold are on their way to Mars! The twin spacecraft, designed and built by Rocket Lab, for @NASA and @ucbssl's ESCAPADE mission, completed powered Earth gravity assists to each perfectly execute a trans-Mars Injection. Both spacecraft fired their main engine for 9.5 minutes, hurtling past Earth at more than 10 kilometers per second, to enter an interplanetary cruise phase. They are due to arrive at the Red Planet in September 2027 to study the Martian atmosphere.