H3-24

Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX)

T-0 (UTC) · 19 October 2026 at 19:41 UTC Tanegashima Space Center, Japan · JPN Go

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T-0 (UTC)19:41 UTC

VehicleH3-24

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T-0 (UTC)19 October 2026 at 19:41 UTC

VehicleH3-24

Launch padYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

CountryJPN

TypePlanetary Science

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.

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NASA8 October at 20:22 UTC

NASA Briefing to Highlight Contributions to Martian Moons Mission

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. 20 JST). […]