JAXA's Mars moons mission MMX targets launch October 19 with NASA instruments

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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