Irene Klotz
August 25, 2025

The twin Escapade satellites are being prepared for shipment to Florida for another launch try.

Credit: Rocket Lab

When a team headed by the University of California at Berkeley won a NASA contract in 2019 to build and fly a small-satellite planetary science mission, it expected to be off the ground and on its way to Mars in three years. Collapsing the time between contract and launch was one of the principles…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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