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MarCO and Dispenser
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Caption:
One of the MarCO CubeSats inside a cleanroom at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, before being placed into its deployment box. The deployment box will eject the briefcase-sized CubeSat into space after launch. It and its twin will accompany the InSight Mars lander when it lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in May.
Background Info:
The MarCO and InSight projects are managed for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, by JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Mars | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Mars Cube One (MarCO) | InSight |
| Instrument Host | InSight Lander | |
| Host Type | Lander | |
| Instrument | ||
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Color | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2018-04-19 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/Tyvak/Cal Poly SLO | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22322 | |
| Identifier | PIA22322 | |
