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JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to Mars to survey the two moons; Phobos and Deimos, and collect a sample to bring back to Earth. 日本語 @mmx_jaxa_jp

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The Space Development Strategy Headquarters of the Japan Government has approved the revision for the Schedule for the Basic Plan on Space Policy, and the launch year for the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission has been officially revised from FY2024 to FY2026.

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Director Kosaka Hiromitsu is currently producing a full-dome movie for MMX! Kosaka previously produced movies for planetariums for Hayabusa and Hayabusa2. A demo for his new MMX movie will be shown at the Chiba City Science Museum on December 3. We are very excited!

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The formation of Phobos and Deimos is still debated. Are these Martian moons captured asteroids or created during a giant impact with Mars? A new paper on MMX’s MEGANE 👓 tests how this instrument will look at the composition of the moons and distinguish between these hypotheses!

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[ ] We’ve conducted a RF compatibility test for the NASA/JPL DSN ground station at Peraton 📡↔🛰! Read more 🔗: mmx-news.isas.jaxa.jp/?p=2058&lang=en

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Tomorrow (11/28) at 21:30 JST is the final seminar on sample return missions, focussing on future analysis and missions including our Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to return a sample from Phobos! What preparations are we doing now? Register for free below:

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The 7th Science Working Team Meeting is currently underway! Running between November 20 - 22, the meeting is welcoming around 80 researchers from Japan and overseas. The room is full of exciting discussion about how to proceed with scientific research after MMX reaches Mars!

The 7th Science Working Team Meeting is currently underway! Running between November 20 - 22, the meeting is welcoming around 80 researchers from Japan and overseas. The room is full of exciting discussion about how to proceed with scientific research after MMX reaches Mars!
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[ ] The 67th Space Science and Technology Association Conference ( ) was held in October, with an organised session dedicated to MMX. The interest in our mission was wonderful! Read more here 🔗: mmx-news.isas.jaxa.jp/?p=2038&lang=en

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Tomorrow (11/14) at 9:30pm JST is the second sample return mission talk, being organised by JAXA宇宙教育センター / JAXA Space Education Center and the UK Science Museum! Hear from our JAXA Hayabusa2 & NASA OSIRIS-REx experts about collecting and handling grains from asteroids. Register (free) for the zoom below ✨

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The creator of Dragon Quest, Horii Yuji (堀井雄二), has been spotted on TV wearing an MMX shirt❗️ This sighting was on the program “Itazura Journey”, broadcast on Nov. 4 ✨👀

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[ ] The International Astronautical Congress was held in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku at the beginning of October 🚀 We take a look at the JAXA booth, and the MMX exhibits that were held there! 🛰 Read more 🔗: mmx-news.isas.jaxa.jp/?p=2025&lang=en

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Have you seen the new JAXA music video “Hataraku Uchuki” 🎶🚀🔥? (The name means “Working Spacecraft”: parodying the song “Hataraku Kuruma”) Can you spot and our team members? (Hint: 0:34s~!)

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The ISAS Special Open Campus is already coming to an end, and a mini lecture was held at the MMX booth 👩‍🏫 MMX is scheduled to be launched next year, and three project members discussed the themes of “mission”, “science” and “bus system”💁‍♂️ There were excellent questions!

The ISAS Special Open Campus is already coming to an end, and a mini lecture was held at the MMX booth 👩‍🏫 MMX is scheduled to be launched next year, and three project members discussed the themes of “mission”, “science” and “bus system”💁‍♂️ There were excellent questions! #ISASOpen
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Today, we take a peek at the MMX booth at the ISAS Special Open Campus Day❗️This is the first time we have had an in-person booth in 4 years 👏 We have the MMX game corner 🎮 and mini lectures, which will be featured on our website and the Sagamihara YouTube later 😃

Today, we take a peek at the MMX booth at the ISAS Special Open Campus Day❗️This is the first time we have had an in-person booth in 4 years 👏 We have the MMX game corner 🎮 and mini lectures, which will be featured on our website and the Sagamihara YouTube later 😃 #ISASOpen
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Today is the Sagamihara Special Open Campus 2023! This is the MMX booth before everyone arrived 🎶 If you are visiting, do drop by the play the MMX game and hear our mini-lectures!

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The first seminar on “Sample Return Missions and Analysis” organised by the JAXA Space Education Center & UK Science Museum begins tonight (10/31) at 9:30pm JST, and will look at the Apollo missions! 🌝 MMX will star in lecture 3 on November 28! 🛰 Register for free below 👇

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The MMX rover that has been developed by DLR and CNES now has a new Instagram account to share all the adventures as we head towards launch to the Martian moons! 🤩

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The 67th Lecture Meeting of Space Science and Technology Association (Ukaren) is currently underway in Toyama! 34 presentations are planned for MMX over the next two days (October 19 & 20). If you are attending, please head to Venue E! 🔗 branch.jsass.or.jp/ukaren67/

The 67th Lecture Meeting of Space Science and Technology Association (Ukaren) is currently underway in Toyama! 34 presentations are planned for MMX over the next two days (October 19 & 20). If you are attending, please head to Venue E! 🔗 branch.jsass.or.jp/ukaren67/ #ukaren67 #MMX
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The JAXA Sagamihara Special Open Campus will be held on-site on 11/03. We will have an exhibition booth “Launching! The Martian Moons eXploration Project MMX” with mini lectures and games 🎮 Advanced registration (required) opened at 12:00 today! isas.jaxa.jp/en/outreach/an…

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