An illustration depicts two Photon spacecraft approaching Mars for the ESCAPADE mission. NASA picked Blue Origin to launch ESCAPADE, which will send a spacecraft to Mars to study the planet's magnetosphere. Photo courtesy of Rocket LabSept. 23 (UPI) -- NASA officials say its Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft is back in Florida and is being prepped for its scheduled launch this fall. NASA in 2023 commissioned the private space launch company Blue Origin to launch a government-sanctioned mission to study the magnetosphere of Mars. Meanwhile, ESCAPADE's Mars launch is scheduled for no earlier than this fall.