08 February 2019
Mars MarCO CubeSats go quiet
...." A number of the critical spare parts for each MarCO will be used in other CubeSat missions. That includes their...There's big potential in these small packages," said John Baker, the MarCO program manager at JPL. "CubeSats - part of a larger group of...
26 November 2018
Success for InSight as it performs a flawless landing on Mars
...progress as it descended to the martian surface; MarCO-A and B, or MarCO for short. The experimental CubeSats, which were built... degrees fahrenheit). After a tense minute or two, MarCO continued to exceed all expectations by informing the crew that...
23 April 2018
CubeSats lead the way for new NASA missions
... its journey by two CubeSats called Mars Cube One, or MarCO for short. These two will also be testing key technologies...destination) "These are our scouts," said Andy Klesh of JPL, MarCO's chief engineer. "CubeSats haven't had to survive the intense ...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
..., the expedition to Mars is also serving another purpose - a technology demonstration of two mini-spacecraft called MarCO A and MarCO B, or just MarCO for short. Each craft is six CubeSats joined together making them about the size of a standard...
July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... plumes. Engineer Joel Steinkraus uses sunlight to test the solar arrays on one of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Interplanetary challenges Interplanetary CubeSats, thanks to their low-cost, could perform...
04 May 2018
NASA's InSight mission gears up for tomorrow's launch
... miles) (1,900 kilometres) northwest of Isabella Island, Ecuador. Hoping to blaze another trail along the way will be MarCO. MarCO is two CubeSats that will travel to the Red Planet along with InSight to test key technologies en route...
