NASA launches twin spacecraft to solve the mystery of Mars’ lost atmosphere

NASA launches twin spacecraft to solve the mystery of Mars’ lost atmosphere

• Date:
• March 14, 2026
• Source:
• NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
• Summary:
• Mars didn’t always look like the barren world we see today. Over billions of years, the Sun’s solar wind stripped away much of its atmosphere, helping transform it from a warmer, wetter planet into a frozen desert. NASA’s twin-spacecraft ESCAPADE mission aims to watch this process in action by measuring how the solar wind interacts with.