Mars-bound CubeSats catch first glimpse of the Red Planet

Back in May, NASA launched the InSight lander to Mars, which was carrying some extra luggage – two briefcase-sized CubeSats named MarCO-A and MarCO-B. These two little spacecraft are the first of their kind to venture into deep space, and now they've sent us back a post card of their first glimpse of the Red Planet.

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Category: Space

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• CubeSat
• InSight
• JPL
• Mars
• NASA

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