Rocket Lab Pitches $4B Mars Sample Return Bid After Biosignature Discovery

ESCAPADE launch on New Glenn planned for late October or early November

The second launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, carrying a NASA smallsat mission to Mars, is now expected in late October or early November. The post ESCAPADE launch on New Glenn planned for late October or early November appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA's ESCAPADE craft returns to Florida for fall mission to Mars

NASA officials say its Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft is back in Florida and is being prepped for its scheduled launch this fall.

Rocket Lab preps for missions to Mars (RKLB:NASDAQ)

Rocket Lab U.S.A. prepares for new missions to Mars

Rocket Lab’s Two Mars-Bound Spacecraft Arrive in Florida Ahead of Launch

LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA’s Escape and Plasma…

Mars Sample Return Gets a Lifeline from House Appropriators

Posted: July 24, 2025 8:23 pm ET | Last Updated: July 24, 2025 8:38 pm ET | The House Appropriations Committee released its report detailing how it wants NASA to spend the $24.8 billion it plans to appropriate for FY2026, but congressional staffers from both parties and both sides of Capitol Hill are raising concerns about whether the Trump Administration will spend money in accordance with congressional direction.

Rocket Lab's Two Mars-Bound Spacecraft Arrive in Florida Ahead of Launch - Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB)

LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a leading launch and space systems company, delivered two Explorer-class spacecraft to Kennedy Space Flight Center for NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory. Last year Rocket Lab completed the d…