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Posted: **Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:55 am**

Rocket Lab Awarded Subcontract to Design Twin Spacecraft for Mars

The two Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft for the ESCAPADE mission to Mars are part of NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program.

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/u ... -for-mars/

Posted: **Thu Jun 17, 2021 1:59 pm**

Thanks Graeme! Rocket Lab does not get the press that SpaceX does but they launch more hardware a year than all but the largest national programs. Interesting project too.

Posted: **Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:29 pm**

Great news!!!!

TheSkySearchers

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