I donated my telescope, but will try spotting ESCAPADE with binoculars.
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NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft swing past Earth one by one on Nov. 6-7 and 8-9 on their way to Mars. Have a telescope? You may be able to spot each spacecraft in the hours before each flyby as a faint dot drifting slowly east to west. 🔭 Star charts for locations across the U.S.: go.nasa.gov/4ySFuEV
Simulated night sky from NASA Goddard in Greenbelt, Maryland, looking southeast at 11 p.m. EST on Nov. 6. A teal arc traces the path of the first ESCAPADE spacecraft. It rises from the eastern horizon, peaks high in the south around midnight, and sets in the west by 3:30 a.m., with hourly time labels along the way. A marker shows the spacecraft about halfway up the southeastern sky at 11 p.m. Orion, Aldebaran, Procyon, Sirius and Saturn are labeled for reference.

ALT Simulated night sky from NASA Goddard in Greenbelt, Maryland, looking southeast at 11 p.m. EST on Nov. 6. A teal arc traces the path of the first ESCAPADE spacecraft. It rises from the eastern horizon, peaks high in the south around midnight, and sets in the west by 3:30 a.m., with hourly time labels along the way. A marker shows the spacecraft about halfway up the southeastern sky at 11 p.m. Orion, Aldebaran, Procyon, Sirius and Saturn are labeled for reference.

Simulated night sky from NASA Goddard in Greenbelt, Maryland, looking southeast at 11 p.m. EST on Nov. 8. A teal arc traces the path of the second ESCAPADE spacecraft. It rises from the eastern horizon, peaks high in the south around 1 a.m., and sets in the west by 4:15 a.m., with hourly time labels along the way. A marker shows the spacecraft about halfway up the southeastern sky at 11 p.m. Orion, Pollux, Procyon, Sirius and Saturn are labeled for reference.

ALT Simulated night sky from NASA Goddard in Greenbelt, Maryland, looking southeast at 11 p.m. EST on Nov. 8. A teal arc traces the path of the second ESCAPADE spacecraft. It rises from the eastern horizon, peaks high in the south around 1 a.m., and sets in the west by 4:15 a.m., with hourly time labels along the way. A marker shows the spacecraft about halfway up the southeastern sky at 11 p.m. Orion, Pollux, Procyon, Sirius and Saturn are labeled for reference.

Nov 6, 2026 · 8:18 AM UTC

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