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Feb 5, 2019

So long, MarCO, and thanks for the radio transmissions

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says it does not expect to receive any more transmissions from the MarCO CubeSats that accompanied the Insight lander to Mars last year. The two tiny spacecraft, which relayed Insight’s descent signal back to Earth in real time, have not been heard from in more than a month.

Mars approach from MarCO-B

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