Mastodawn

#MMX recently completed its journey to the #spaceport on #Tanegashima island. The mission will launch 🚀 on Japan's flagship #H3 rocket some time in November or December of this year https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/japans-audacious-sample-return-mission-to-the-mars-moon-phobos-has-made-it-to-the-launch-pad

#Martian #Moons #eXploration #Mars #Phobos

Japan's audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad

The MMX mission is scheduled to launch in November or December of this year.

Space

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Spaceflight 🚀May 3

🇯🇵 #MMX will launch* in 📆 2026 and enter #Mars 🔴 orbit a year later. It will deploy a small #German and #French-built rover which will travel around #Phobos for at least 100 days. Once MMX collects its samples, it will lift off, leave Mars in 2030 and return to Earth in 2031 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/mmx

* 🚀 no earlier than October https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4361/

#Japan #Martian #Moons #eXploration #Deimos

MMX, Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration mission

MMX launches in 2026 to study Mars' moons and return samples from Phobos to Earth in 2031.

The Planetary Society

Revesdespace Apr 29

🛰️🔴 La sonde japonaise #MMX pour l'étude de la Lune martienne Phobos est arrivée il y a quelques semaines au centre spatial de Tanegashima. Voici les photos de l' "unboxing"
📷 JAXA

Txifliti Apr 17

Gaurko bi jaurtiketak:

🇷🇺 #Soyuz2.1b/Volga suziri bat, errusiar armadarentzako satelite batekin.

🇨🇳 #CZ4C Y41 suziria, #Daqi-2 satelitearekin.

JAXAren #MMX zunda, Marteko ilargiak esploratuko dituena, apirilaren 1ean iritsi zen Tanegashimako Espazio Zentrora.

#Espazioa

ネコビデオビジュアルソリューションズ Apr 15

RT @mmx_jaxa_jp: #MMX の探査機本体が種子島へ届けられるまでの
さまざまな場面を、画像や動画でまとめました🎬
三菱電機鎌倉製作所から
種子島宇宙センターへの搬入まで、
多くの人の手によって進められた探査機輸送の記録です。

輸送に関わったすべての皆さんに、感…

Revesdespace Apr 1

🛰️🔴 La sonde spatiale #MMX est arrivée au Centre spatial de Tanegashima de la JAXA (📷). Elle a été construite et testée dans l'usine Mitsubishi Electric de Kamakura avant son transfert à Tanegashima par bateau.
Le décollage vers #Mars et #Phobos est prévu en octobre