2026 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
upcomingH3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
MMX is a Japanese scientific mission to land on Phobos, one of the two moons of Mars, to collect samples before bringing them back to Earth. The mission includes a small French/German rover to explore the surface of Phobos.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 19, 2026 at 07:41 PM UTC
- Outcome
- upcoming
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
- Mission
- Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit achieved
- Mars Orbit