The two CubeSats that launched along with the Insight Mars lander have communicated to Earth. The satellites called MarCOs and are nicknamed WALL-E and Eva (launched on Saturday, May 5 at the Vandenberg Air Force base. NASA launched the CubeSats as a test to check if CubeSats could communicate from other planets. The Atlas V […]
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NASA Will Launch Two CubeSats to Mars on Saturday
The Insight Mars lander is not going to Mars alone. Two CubeSats called Wall-E and Eva will be joining the trip. These two CubeSats collectively called MarCo in short for Mars Cube One has different tasks on the Red Planet. Marco will stay around Mars and test if they can send Information from the Insight […]