JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration mission, which aims to return a sample from Phobos, is targeting launch at 3:41 p.m. EDT on October 19, carrying NASA's MEGANE spectrograph and P-Sampler, with NASA set to curate about 15% of the returned sample. NASA
NASA ScienceNASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission - NASA ScienceNASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of
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Update: Japan's MMX mission has launched; its climax comes in 2029, when the spacecraft will attempt up to two landings on Phobos. Ars Technica
Ars TechnicaJapan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon PhobosThe climax for MMX will come in 2029, when the spacecraft will attempt up to two landings on Phobos.
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