NAU Cameras Capture Rare Earth and Moon Images

Send us a text and chime in! In November 2025, NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral with special cargo onboard: two camera systems designed and built by faculty and students at NAU, with support from the University of California Berkeley and Rocket Lab. Eight months later, the twin spacecraft’s cameras have captured unique photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light. These photos, from...