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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

aerospaceexpiring · 49d· period of performance ends in 49 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-08-21·LATEST ACTION2026-03-31·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80MSFC19C0041_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

ESCAPE AND PLASMA ACCELERATION AND DYNAMICS EXPLORERS (ESCAPADE) MISSION -.PHASE A CONCEPT STUDY.

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2019 ESCAPADE mission concept study, advancing NASA's understanding of solar wind interaction with planetary magnetospheres.

Sub-sectors
nasa-space-sciencemission-concept-studyplasma-physics
Why this matters

ESCAPADE is a dual-spacecraft mission to Mars designed to measure plasma escape and atmospheric loss, critical for understanding planetary habitability and informing future human exploration.

Supply-chain signal

UC Berkeley leads science definition; obligations flow to spacecraft subsystem vendors, instrument manufacturers, and mission operations contractors over the extended development timeline.

U.S.–China competition angle

Mars science missions are a key arena of U.S.-China space competition; ESCAPADE advances U.S. capability to characterize atmospheric processes relevant to long-term human presence.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-04. Cost: $0.003038.

Period of performance
Start
2019-08-21
End
2026-08-31
Status
expiring · 49din 49 days
Sources

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