MMX Project Member Otsuki Masatsugu has received the 2025 MEXT Commendation for Science and Technology for the "Hourglass mission" which explores how planetary regolith-like material behaves in environments with weak gravity.
The MMX InfraRed Spectrometer (MIRS) that was developed by CNES was officially delivered to JAXA last year! MIRS will be sensitive to hydrous material and organics on the Martian moons.
The flight model for the Pneumatic Sampler Mechanism (P-SMP) is now ready! P-SMP will collect surface material from Phobos, complementing the sample from the C-SMP corer.
The first MMX Conference was held at JAXA ISAS in November. But how did it differ from the meetings we've held in the past?
Commonly known as “Ukaren”, the 68th Space Science and Technology Conference was held in November 2024, and included a two day session dedicated to news from the MMX mission!
In November, the JAXA Sagamihara Special Open Campus Day was held, with the MMX exhibit including a 1/2 size model of the spacecraft.
