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MarCO CubeSats Steer Toward Mars

An artist's concept of one of NASA's MarCO CubeSats.

June 01, 2018

An artist's concept of one of NASA's MarCO CubeSats. The twin MarCOs are the first CubeSats to complete a trajectory correction maneuver, firing their thrusters to guide themselves toward Mars.

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