MMX
(Martian Moons Exploration)
(Japanese probe to bring back a sample of a Martian moon)
MMX (for Martian Moons Exploration)
is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) planned probe of the
Martian moon, Phobos. Plans are to launch in 2024, to
reach Mars orbit in 2025, to observe and land on Phobos (with a rover),
and to send a return capsule to reach Earth in 2029.
I presume there will be opportunity for some observation of
Mars and the other Martian moon, Deimos.
Instruments include:
Some previously listed (possibly canceled, renamed, or incorporated into
others):
- WAM - wide angle multiband camera.
- MacrOmega - Near infrared spectrometer.
- DCAM5 - Deployable camera.
Some instruments that have been proposed:
- GGM - Gravity Gradiometer.
- LIBS - Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscope.
- MSM - Mission Survival Monitor.
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Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_Moons_Exploration
https://www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021EPSC...15..878K/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022EP%26S...74...12K/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022EP%26S...74....1O/abstract
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