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JAXA’S MMX Mars Mission Readies for Launch with Two NASA Instruments
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File:Launch of a Titan-Centaur Rocket with the Helios‒1 Spacecraft (grc-1974-c-04126).jpg / NASA / Launch of a Titan-Centaur Rocket with the Helios‒1 Spacecraft / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Launch_of_a_Titan-Centaur_Rocket_with_the_Helios%E2%80%921_Spacecraft_(grc-1974-c-04126).jpgSource pageToday NASA highlighted its role in the MMX mission, including two scientific instruments, MEGANE and P-Sampler, that will help determine whether Phobos and its companion, Deimos, are captured asteroids or remnants of a collision. In addition to the 382 kilograms (842 pounds) of Moon rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts, NASA completed its own asteroid sample return mission in 2023 with OSIRIS-REx (NASA sample return mission, launched in 2016) bringing back 121.6 grams (4.29 ounces) of material from Bennu. NASA is a space exploration and public company founded in 1958. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is getting ready to launch its Martian Moons eXploration mission early next week. MMX is JAXA’s third sample return mission.
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