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Catastrophe at Cape Canaveral: Blue Origin's New Glenn Explosion Paralyzes Lunar Race and Amazon Leo Deployment

SOL 29 OF SCHIAPO OF YEAR 38

DAY 30 OF MAY OF YEAR 2026

Catastrophe at Cape Canaveral: Blue Origin's New Glenn Explosion Paralyzes Lunar Race and Amazon Leo Deployment

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The Price of Forcing the Way to Mars: Lights and Shadows of Chun Wang's Interplanetary Plan with Starship

SOL 29 OF SCHIAPO OF YEAR 38

DAY 30 OF MAY OF YEAR 2026

The Price of Forcing the Way to Mars: Lights and Shadows of Chun Wang's Interplanetary Plan with Starship

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Flight 12's Pause: Anatomy of a Technical Delay and Today's Window

SOL 22 OF SCHIAPO OF YEAR 38

DAY 22 OF MAY OF YEAR 2026

Flight 12's Pause: Anatomy of a Technical Delay and Today's Window

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Missions to Mars

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ESCAPADE

ESCAPADE

Launch: SOL 23 OF MARINERO OF YEAR 38

(DAY 13 OF NOVEMBER OF YEAR 2025)

Successfully launched on November 13, 2025, aboard the New Glenn rocket, NASA's ESCAPADE mission (SIMPLEx program) deploys twin orbiters, Blue and Gold, toward Mars. Currently en route to point L2 for a gravity assist maneuver, the mission aims to reach Mars in 2027. They will use their coordinated sensors to study the magnetosphere in stereo and determine how the solar wind stripped the planet of its atmosphere and water.

Perseverance

Perseverance

Launch: SOL 36 OF PHOBO OF YEAR 35

(DAY 30 OF JULY OF YEAR 2020)

Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater in 2021 to search for ancient life and collect samples. It successfully deployed Ingenuity, the first helicopter on another world, and produced oxygen with MOXIE. It is the cornerstone of the future Mars Sample Return campaign.

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Zhurong

Zhurong

Launch: SOL 29 OF PHOBO OF YEAR 35

(DAY 23 OF JULY OF YEAR 2020)

Zhurong successfully landed at Utopia Planitia in May 2021 following the launch of the Long March 5 rocket. China became the second nation to operate a rover on Mars, mapping the subsurface and studying regional climate before entering final hibernation in May 2022.

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