Holding the 9th MMX System Design Meeting
The 9th System Design Meeting (SDM) was held over two days in April at the JAXA Sagamihara Campus.
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.
The Circum-Martian Dust Monitor (CMDM) flight model, which will investigate the dust environment surrounding Mars, is ready for integration on the spacecraft!
The MEGANE gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer that can probe the composition of celestial bodies has been officially handed over from NASA/APL!
The Interplanetary Radiation Environment Monitor (IREM) that will investigate radiation exposure doses for future human exploration is ready for integration on the MMX spacecraft!