Rocket Report: FAA eyes more Starbase traffic; India's Skyroot snares US customer
Welcome to Edition 9.15 of the Rocket Report!
Ars Technica reports: Welcome to Edition 9.15 of the Rocket Report!
The launch I'm most looking forward to in the next few weeks is that of Japan's Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission. MMX is one of the marquee space science missions launching this year, and it's set to leave Earth as soon as Monday (US time) aboard a Japanese H3 rocket.
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- The spacecraft will visit Phobos and Deimos, the two asteroid-like moons of Mars, deploying a rover and collecting specimens for return to Earth in 2031. (Ars Technica)
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