The MMX mission will visit the Martian moon Phobos JAXA
Update: The launch date of this mission has been moved to 2026.
A piece of Mars’s biggest moon is coming back to Earth. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is sending a spacecraft to Phobos to examine its surface and bring back samples that should help researchers figure out exactly how this strange moon formed.
The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is slated to launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan in September 2024, arriving in orbit around…
