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A New Surface Atlas of Phobos Will Help JAXA's MMX Mission Collect its Samples

JAXA's Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) will be on its way to Mars and Phobos next month. It will collect samples from Phobos and return them to Earth. A new morphodynamic atlas of t...

Japan is launching a mission to Mars’s largest moon Phobos

The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, set to launch on 20 October, will bring back samples that should solve a moon mystery that has been vexing scientists for more than a cent...

Martian Astronomy: Percy Sees a ‘Phobos Eclipse’ From Mars

Sure. It’s just another image of Phobos crossing the disk of the Sun, as seen from the surface of Mars. Like so much of the modern space era, these images, once amazing, are now al...

JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration Mission is on its Way to Mars and Phobos

JAXA successfully launched its Martian Moon eXplorer on its way to Mars and Phobos. It'll reach Mars in about six months, and will orbit the planet for about a month before transfe...

A new surface atlas of Phobos will help MMX mission collect its samples

Thanks to JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and its sample-return capabilities, we're on the cusp of receiving our first sample from the Martian system—not from Mars it...

Martian astronomy: Percy sees a 'Phobos eclipse' from Mars

What's so special about spotting Phobos crossing in front of the sun? Sure. It's just another image of Phobos crossing the disk of the sun, as seen from the surface of Mars. Like s...

Japan launches sample-return mission to Mars’s moon Phobos

The Martian Moons eXploration mission will aim to return 10g of material back to Earth The post Japan launches sample-return mission to Mars’s moon Phobos appeared first on Physic...

Perseverance rover watches Earth vanish behind Martian moon

Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, di...

Japan's MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars's moon Phobos

A Japanese space mission is about to launch towards Mars. But it will not land on the planet itself. Instead, the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission will focus on Phobos, the...

Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos

The climax for MMX will come in 2029, when the spacecraft will attempt up to two landings on Phobos.

Japan launches a probe to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos

The Martian Moons Exploration mission will aim to bring back samples from Phobos

Japan’s MMX mission will reveal the origins of weird Martian moons

Although Phobos and Deimos may look like lumpy space potatoes, they’re actually moons of Mars. No one knows how they formed, but a newly launched spacecraft should soon offer answe...

Japan's mission to Mars moon Phobos: 5 things to know

Japan launches MMX probe to become first to collect soil samples from Mars’ moon Phobos

The spacecraft is expected to return to Earth in 2031

H3 Rocket on Mission to Collect Rocks From Mars Moon

Japan will launch its H3 rocket No. 10 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4:41 a.m. on October 20, carrying a spacecraft designed to collect rocks and san...

Япония решила совершить полет, который провалил «Роскосмос»: она отправила аппарат к спутникам Марса — Фобосу и Деймосу....

Поздно вечером по московскому времени 19 октября к Марсу отправился научный аппарат Martian Moons eXploration (MMX), разработанный Японским космическим агентством JAXA. Задача — ис...

A Japanese Spacecraft Aims to Bring Back a Bit of a Martian Moon

The mission, scheduled to launch on Monday, is headed to Phobos, the larger of the two moons of Mars. It could carry back the first samples from the Martian system.

Japan launches mission to bring back first samples from Mars moon Phobos

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft on October 20, 2026, starting… The post Japan launches mission to bring back f...

Japan’s MMX Mission Wants to Bring Martian Moon Samples Back to Earth

JAXA is leading an international mission to reach Mars’ Phobos moon and bring soil back to Earth. If successful, it could unlock new clues about the history of the solar system.

Зонд MMX отделился от ракеты и взял курс на спутник Марса Фобос

Источник: Компьютерра - Журнал о науке и технологиях Японское агентство аэрокосмических исследований JAXA запустило межпланетный аппарат MMX к спутникам Марса — Фобосу и Деймосу....

unbfacts: Deimos, one of Mars’s moons, has an escape speed of...

unbfacts: Deimos, one of Mars’s moons, has an escape speed of only about 20 km/h. In theory, a hard-thrown object—or a cyclist leaving a ramp fast enough—could escape the tiny moo...

Japan set to launch world’s first mission to bring back samples from Mars’ moon Phobos

Japan is preparing to launch the world’s first mission to collect and return samples from Phobos, one of the two small, irregularly shaped moons orbiting Mars. The ambitious five-y...

Japan to launch spacecraft on mission to get samples from Martian moon

TOKYO — Japan is set to launch a spacecraft on the world's first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of the two small, potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars. Scientists hope...

Japan to launch spacecraft on a mission to get samples from a Martian moon

Japan is set to launch a spacecraft on the world's first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of the two small, potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars.