An artist's concept of Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft
Names
MMX
Mission type
Sample-return mission
Operator
JAXA
Website
www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/
Mission duration
5 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer
JAXA[1]
Launch mass
Propulsion module: 1800 kg Exploration module: 150 kg Return module: 1050 kg[2] MMX Rover: 30 kg
Start of mission
Launch date
2026 (planned)[3]
Rocket
H3
Launch site
Tanegashima, LA-Y
Contractor
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Phobos lander
Landing date
2027 (planned)[3]
Return launch
2031 (planned)[3]
Sample mass
≥10 g (0.35 oz)[4]
Instruments
TElescopic Nadir imager for GeOmOrphology (TENGOO) Optical RadiOmeter composed of CHromatic Imagers (OROCHI) Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) MMX InfraRed Spectrometer (MIRS) Mars-moon Exploration with GAmma rays and NEutrons (MEGANE) Circum-Martian Dust Monitor (CMDM) Mass Spectrum Analyzer (MSA)
Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) is a robotic space probe set for launch in 2026 to bring back the first samples from Mars' largest moon Phobos.[3][5] Developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and announced on 9 June 2015, MMX will land and collect samples from Phobos once or twice, along with conducting Deimos flyby observations and monitoring Mars's climate.[6]
The mission aims to provide key information to help determine whether the Martian moons are captured asteroids or the result of a larger body hitting Mars. JAXA and other Japanese government officials officially approved the MMX project to proceed into development on 19 February 2020, according to a post on JAXA's website.[1]
^ ab"Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch". Spaceflight Now. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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^ abcd"MMX - Martian Moons eXploration". JAXA. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^Gravity both too strong and too weak: landing on the Martian moons JAXA News 31 August 2017
^"JAXA plans probe to bring back samples from moons of Mars". The Japan Times. 10 June 2015.
^"Observation plan for Martian meteors by Mars-orbiting MMX spacecraft". 10 June 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
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