NASA and Blue Origin announced on Friday that the ESCAPADE mission to Mars has been delayed until at least spring 2025 due to propellant loading concerns.
The decision to delay came after NASA assessed the risk of fueling the spacecraft without guarantee that the New Glenn rocket would be ready.
Blue Origin has been working to prepare the New Glenn rocket, but the missed target for hot firing left NASA with no choice but to postpone ESCAPADE.
The new timeline means NASA will not attempt to fuel the ESCAPADE spacecraft until next spring, waiting on the readiness of the New Glenn rocket.
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