#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
🇯🇵 #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/
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…