Lost in space: NASA satellites DISAPPEAR in ‘deep space’ after Mars mission

The mission’s chief engineer, Andy Flesh said: “This mission was always about pushing the limits of miniaturised technology and seeing just how far it could take us.

“We’ve put a stake in the ground. Future CubeSats might go even farther.”

NASA also insisted that the mission had helped improve concepts that would allow other missions to go further deeper into space.

Collectively known as MarCO, the pair launched last year and were purely a speculative mission to see if they were able to operate in deep space.

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