The First CubeSats Ever to Visit Mars Have Gone Silent

Feb 6, 2019 10:00 PMNov 3, 2019 6:52 PM

The twin MarCO CubeSats launched May 5th with NASA's larger InSight mission, making them the first pair of miniature probes to ever venture into deep space. Many other mission concepts are in the works for CubeSats that could follow these pioneers beyond Earth's orbit. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

The MarCO spacecraft made it successfully to Mars last year, but have recently lost contact with Earth. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

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