Japan sends MMX toward the martian moons

Japan sends MMX toward the martian moons

Rocket launches this week On Monday, Oct. 19, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission aboard an H3-24L rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 3:41 p.m. EDT. MMX will study the martian moons Phobos and Deimos and is designed to return a sample from Phobos Continue reading "Japan sends MMX toward the martian moons" The post Japan sends MMX toward the martian moons appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .