Japan’s Mars Phobos Mission Enters Critical Design Phase

Chen Chuanren July 06, 2021
JAXA
Concept design of MMX spacecraft.
Credit: JAXA
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said that its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission has reached the critical design phase, with the team currently working towards the final configuration of the moon rover. Japan is on track to launch the probe in fiscal 2024 and collect samples...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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