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NewScienceTechnologyReported 2026-10-09 04:22

NASA Announces Media Briefing on Contributions to JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration Mission

NASA will hold a media teleconference on October 15, 2026, to preview its contributions to JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, including the MEGANE gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer, a surface sampler mechanism developed by Honeybee Robotics, and Deep Space Network support. The MMX mission is scheduled to launch on October 19, 2026, from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center.

Why it matters. The briefing highlights international collaboration in planetary science and NASA's role in a mission aimed at returning the first samples from Mars' moons, advancing understanding of solar system formation and potential resources.

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    Media are invited to join NASA for a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 15, to preview the agency’s contributions to JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. The mission is scheduled to launch from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Monday, Oct. 19 EDT (Tuesday, Oct.
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    The MMX spacecraft will arrive at Mars in August 2027 to begin its survey of the Red Planet’s two moons, Phobos and Deimos. After surveying Phobos in detail, the spacecraft will collect a sample of the moon’s surface no earlier than December 2028 and deliver it to Earth in 2031. NASA’s contributions to the mission include the MEGANE gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer, the spacecraft’s surface sam…
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    Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, developed the spacecraft’s pneumatic sampler mechanism.
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    The MMX spacecraft will arrive at Mars in August 2027
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    deliver it to Earth in 2031
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