Martian Moons Exploration
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 The probe with Phobos and Deimos in the background |
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| Mission goal | Exploration of the moons of Mars | |||||||||||||||
| Client | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | |||||||||||||||
| Launcher | H-III | |||||||||||||||
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| Takeoff mass | approx. 3000 kg | |||||||||||||||
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| launch pad | Tanegashima Space Center | |||||||||||||||
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Martian Moons Exploration is a Japanese spacecraft under development to explore the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos . It is scheduled to start in September 2024 , enter an orbit around Mars in August 2025 , land on Phobos and take a soil sample of at least 10 to a maximum of 100 g, then complete several fly-bys to Deimos, leave Mars orbit in 2028 and a return capsule on the in 2029 Settle earth. After the asteroid probes Hayabusa and Hayabusa 2 , Martian Moons Exploration would be the third mission of the Japanese space agency JAXA to bring samples from a small celestial body to Earth.
Instruments
- Gammaspektroskometer and neutron spectrometer (LAGUNA) - Contribution of NASA as part of the Discovery Program .
- Wide angle camera (WAM)
- Infrared spectrometer (MacrOmega) - contribution from CNES .
- Optical radiometer (OROCHI)
- Nadir Telescope for Geomorphology (TENGOO)
- LIDAR
- Martian Dust Monitor (CMDM)
- Mass spectrometer (MSA)
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the French space agency CNES are participating in the mission by building a rover (similar to MASCOT at Hayabusa 2) that will be deposited on the surface of Phobos.
Web links
- Hirdy Miyamoto: Japanese mission of the two moons of Mars with sample return from Phobos
- JAXA's exploration of the two moons of Mars, with sample return from Phobos
- Project page
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stephen Clark: Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch spaceflightnow.com on February 20, 2020
- ^ Katherine Brown: NASA Selects Instrument for Future International Mission to Martian Moons nasa.gov
- ↑ MEGANE . JHU APL.
- ↑ http://mmx-news.isas.jaxa.jp/?p=274&lang=en
- ↑ Martian moon mission MMX dlr.de
“Mars” space probes (1960–1973) | Mariner 3, 4, 6-9 (1964-1971) | Zond 2 (1964) | Viking 1,2 (1975) | Fobos 1,2 (1988) | Mars Observer (1993) | Mars Global Surveyor (1996) | Mars 96 (1996) | Mars Pathfinder with Sojourner (1996) | Nozomi (1998) | Mars Climate Orbiter (1998) | Mars Polar Lander with Deep Space 2 (1999) | 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001) | Mars Express with Beagle 2 (2003) | Mars Exploration Rover with Spirit (2003) and Opportunity (2003) | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2005) | Phoenix (2007) | Fobos-Grunt (2011) | Yinghuo-1 (2011) | Curiosity Rover (2011) | Mars Orbiter Mission (2013) | MAVEN (2013) | ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (2016) | Schiaparelli (2016) | InSight (2018) | al-Amal (2020) | Tianwen-1 (2020) | Mars 2020 (2020)
Planned missions
ExoMars Rover (2022) |
Escapade (2022) |
Martian Moons Exploration (2024)
Missions in italics are active.
Canceled missions: Mars Surveyor 2001 | Mars Telecommunications Orbiter | Mars Science and Telecommunications Orbiter | P5A | Red Dragon
( See also: List of man-made objects on Mars | Chronology of Mars missions )