Martian Moons eXploration is a robotic space probe set for launch in 2026 to bring back the first samples from Mars' largest moon Phobos. Developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and announ
An artist's concept of the Mars Moons eXploration spacecraft
Phobos, the largest moon of Mars
A scale model of the spacecraft
Older design of the MMX spacecraft
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is the operator of the Japanese space program and Japan's national aeronautics research agency. It was formed in 2003 through the merger of the Institute of Spac
Martian Moons eXploration
…space probe set for launch in 2026 to bring back the first samples from Mars' largest moon Phobos. Developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and announced on 9 June 2015, MMX will land and collect samples from Phobos once or twice, along with conducting Deimos flyby observations and monitoring…
JAXA Kibo, the largest module of the ISS
From left: N-I, N-II, H-I, H-II, H-IIA, H-IIB, H3, Epsilon, Enhanced Epsilon