The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will bring back samples from one of the two moons of Mars to probe early Solar System history and the processes that formed the Martian moons--but to achieve the mission’s goals, those samples need to be representative of the rest of the surface. How will mission planners decide where to land, and which samples to bring back?
A major component of the Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) mission is to collect a sample of the loose regolith that...
“It’s like crime scene,” explains Hal Levison from the NASA Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids that escort Jupiter around...
After three years exploring Mars’s environment, the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft will be ready to return home. But the...
When the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission reaches Phobos and Deimos, it will probe the development of habitability in the...
“We’re calling Phobos, ‘the floating coal in the Martian Sky’,” explains Hideaki Miyamoto, from the University of Tokyo and leader of...
Hello, Phobos! We’ll be dropping by…
Spotted! Mars’ tiny moon Phobos is seen during its orbital trek by @NASAHubble telescope. Watch the time-lapse: https://t.co/zpY505XhiF
