NASA Awards Contract to Launch ESCAPADE Mission

NASA awarded the contract to launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission to Blue Origin. The award is part of NASA’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contracts. VADR arranges fixed-price launch services for scientific and technological payloads and includes thirteen companies. SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Virgin Orbit, and Spaceflight, Inc., … [Read more…]