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NASA’s First Interplanetary CubeSats Will Go to Mars

When NASA launches its next mission on the journey to Mars a stationary lander in 2016 the flight will include two CubeSats. This will be the first time CubeSats have flown in deep space. If this ...
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NASA Loses Contact With Mars CubeSats, as Expected

These tiny satellites were not essential to InSight, but they performed their intended functions perfectly. Now, these robotic pioneers have winked out, but that doesn't equate to failure. Share on ...
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NASA’s First Image of Mars from a CubeSat

NASA’s MarCO mission was designed to find out if briefcase-sized spacecraft called CubeSats could survive the journey to deep space. Now, MarCO – which stands for Mars Cube One – has Mars in sight.