The C-SMP and SSTM MMX sampling equipment that will collect material from Phobos are now being integrated onto the spacecraft!
The MMX Project has published files that you can use to print your own 1:48 scale MMX spacecraft with a 3D printer!
Development for the Mass Spectrum Analyzer (MSA) that will measure the ions originating from Mars and Phobos is now complete, and ready for assembly onto the MMX spacecraft.
The 9th System Design Meeting (SDM) was held over two days in April at the JAXA Sagamihara Campus.
Development for the MMX Sample Return Capsule (SRC) that will return the samples gathered from Phobos safely back to the Earth has been completed, along with the official handover for assembly onto the spacecraft.
"MMX: Martian Moons eXporation" for full-dome screens previewed for the first time at GALAXCITY in Tokyo. We went to see the mission to the Martian moons come to life on the planetarium's huge screen.
