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Today’s the day! 🚀 In just a few short hours the Martian Moon eXploration spacecraft will launch on its mission to bring back a sample of one of Mars’s moons. #MMX 🧵🔴 www.youtube.com/live/Fn6gzuG...

youtube.comLaunch live streaming of Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)/H3 Launch Vehicle flight No.10(English)YouTube video by JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構

19/10/26, 4:14 pm4 reposts14 likes

Daniel A. Walker

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please tell me that the X is not somehow tied into the eXecrable Musk

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Which moon, you ask? The potato-shaped one, of course! (jk, they’re both potatoes) 🥔 MMX is headed to the larger one, #Phobos. It will study Phobos’s topography, internal structure, composition, and gravity. eos.org/research-spo...

eos.orgNew Hints About How Martian Moons Formed - EosA new study finds that Phobos includes chunks of Martian crust.

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#MMX will also collect a sample from Phobos’s surface and return it to Earth. These will be the first samples collected from the Mars system and will provide unprecedented insight into that planet’s history. eos.org/tag/mars

eos.orgMars Archives - Eos

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#MMX will also study the smaller potato, #Deimos, after three years studying Phobos. The craft will then return to Earth with its precious samples in 2031. eos.org/articles/tin...

eos.orgTiny Martian Moon May Be a Chip Off the Old Block - EosA close approach to Deimos reveals that its surface does not look like that of an asteroid, hinting at a Martian origin.

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MMX is a collaborative mission headed by the Japanese space agency, JAXA, as well as France’s @cnes.fr, Germany’s @dlr-en.bsky.social, @esa.int, and NASA. 🇯🇵🇫🇷🇩🇪🇺🇸🇪🇺 www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/

mmx.jaxa.jpMMX - Martian Moons eXplorationMMX - Martian Moons eXploration mission will travel to Mars and survey the red planet’s two moons; Phobos and Deimos.