Topic: escapade mission
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Orbital Dynamics Saves NASA's Next Mars Mission
NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission was saved from cancellation by an innovative orbital trajectory that allows it to launch outside the standard Mars transfer windows, using a loiter orbit to wait for planetary alignment. The mission will launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which offers excess ca...
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NASA's Lost Moon Lander: New Report Reveals What Went Wrong
A critical software flaw incorrectly oriented the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft's solar panels away from the sun, causing a power loss and triggering a cascade of onboard failures that doomed the $72 million mission. The failure occurred under NASA's lower-cost, higher-risk "Class D" framework, wi...
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