NASA picks Blue Origin's New Glenn to fly a science mission to Mars
that the vehicle wasn't going to fly for the first time in 2022 and that the company was in the process of setting a new date.
NASA has granted Blue Origin the contract for ESCAPADE under the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare program, which was designed to foster the growth of commercial launch services in the US. The agency intends to use launch vehicles from program participants specifically for"small satellites and Class D payloads" that can tolerate higher risk. In other words, VADR contracts are meant for lower-cost missions.
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