NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission
NASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of…
NASA reports: NASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of Mars’ moons and build on the agency’s long history of exploring the Red Planet.
The mission aims to characterize and determine the origin of Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos and deliver a sample.
This science story centres on Japan. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’, Upcoming Mission and Mars’.
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- Japan · Asia
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- Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’, Upcoming Mission, Mars’, JAXA
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