# NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars

NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars

via [NASA (all news)](https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-escapade-completes-powered-earth-flybys-now-en-route-to-mars/)

NASA's ESCAPADE spacecraft completed powered Earth flybys. The twin spacecraft used Earth's gravity and engine burns to slingshot themselves toward Mars. They are now on target to reach Mars in September 2027.

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