Quick Summary: Two miniature satellites will be hitching a ride to the Red Planet to get a front row seat for InSight's landing on Mars. The CAPSTONE probe, weighing 55 pounds (25 kilogrammes), entered orbit around the moon on Sunday evening (Nov.

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Two miniature satellites will be hitching a ride to the Red Planet to get a front row seat for InSight's landing on Mars. The CAPSTONE probe, weighing 55 pounds (25 kilogrammes), entered orbit around the moon on Sunday evening (Nov. Mini-satellites are following in the footsteps of cell phones and computers.

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  • Two miniature satellites will be hitching a ride to the Red Planet to get a front row seat for InSight's landing on Mars.
  • The CAPSTONE probe, weighing 55 pounds (25 kilogrammes), entered orbit around the moon on Sunday evening (Nov.
  • Mini-satellites are following in the footsteps of cell phones and computers.

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