NASA details its role in Japan's Mars moon sample mission
NASA has outlined its contribution to Japan's MMX mission, which will study Mars' moons and collect material from Phobos. Its support includes a gamma-ray…
Phobos photographed in 2008. Archive image.
NASA has outlined its contribution to Japan's MMX mission, which will study Mars' moons and collect material from Phobos. Its support includes a gamma-ray and neutron instrument, a surface sampler and communications services.
The mission targets arrival at Mars in August 2027 and sample return in 2031. NASA will curate about 15% of the returned material.
Researchers hope the evidence will clarify whether the moons formed after an impact or were captured asteroids.
Source: NASA.
Photo credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona.
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