Japan puts the spacecraft spacecraft in MMX) by series of attempts ahead of Mars launch next year.
MMX is a complex mission to collect samples from the moon Phobos and handed them to the ground to solve the riddle of the source of a small satellite in Martian.
The spacecraft was placed in a vacuum chamber to test its readiness for deep space, the Japan Aerposace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) Office has partnered On May 15 through its official mission channel on Social Media Platform X.
“The MMX undergoes a thermal vacuum test, where the spacecraft is placed in a vacuum chamber where the environment is assessed and the operation for each of the onboard instruments,” says Jaxa.
The image shows the return of spacecraft and explector modules, while mmx is small Idefix Rover appears in the center, attached to the exploration module. 55-kilograms (25 kilograms) de-on IDEFIX is developed in German Aerospace Center (known by German Acronym DLR) and the French Spaceny Center Center National D’Epduest Centers National D’Epduest Centers National D’Epduest Centers National D’Epduest Cents National D’Epduest Centers National DJ
MMX has undergo a thermal vacuum test, where the spacecraft is placed in a vacuum chamber where the environment is assessed and the operation for each of the onboard instruments checked. Return and exploration modules are ready to be tested in this picture! Pic.twitter.com/1rwiloy4g7May 15, 2025
A main purpose of MMX is determining whether the phobos and the small partner with Dimon Obtained asteroidsor formed from fragments blown in orbit after a giant effects hit Mars. Mission also aims to give new views on red planet history and planet forming overall ahead of SOLL System.
MMX is due to launching the japanese h3 fireworks from the TareGashima Space Center to the next Mars Launch window, on November – December 2026. It is earlier scheduled to launch 2024, but it is delayed Due to H3 Rocket issues.
If all is well, MMX will arrive in orbit around Mars in 2027 to start mapping and analysis Phobos and Deimos and find a landing site. MMX then gets the Phobos in 2029 to collect about 0.35 oz (10 grams) in samples. It is expected to send it to WORLD by 2031.
