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- 1NASA Briefs Media on Role in JAXA's Mars Moons Mission●NASA holds a media briefing today at 4 PM ET on its role in JAXA's MMX mission to the moons of Mars. One highlight: NASA
NASA is holding a media briefing at 4 PM ET today to outline its role in JAXA's MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, which will study Mars' moons. A highlight is NASA's MEGANE instrument, which will measure Phobos' chemistry from orbit — the name is Japanese for 'eyeglasses' and is deliberate. The mission aims to shed light on the origin of Phobos and Deimos.
- 2Japan's MMX mission launches to Mars moons Phobos and Deimos●🚀 Heads-up: on Monday (Oct 19, 3:41 PM ET), Japan's MMX spacecraft lifts off toward the moons of Mars. It will survey Ph
Japan's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft is set to lift off on Monday, October 19 at 3:41 PM ET, beginning a mission to survey Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars. The spacecraft will attempt the first-ever sample return from a moon other than Earth's. Interest also focuses on Phobos itself, which is slowly spiraling inward toward Mars and could one day break apart.
- 3Mars' Tiny Potato-Shaped Moons Phobos and Deimos Highlighted Ahead of Kickstarter●Posting cool # space # facts until the Atlas Rush # Kickstarter : Mars' 2 moons, Phobos & Deimos are so tiny that they c
Ahead of the Atlas Rush Kickstarter campaign, a space fact has been shared noting that Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos, are so small they cannot reach hydrostatic equilibrium and stay irregular rather than round. Phobos, the larger of the two, is only 0.6% the size of Earth's moon, giving both a potato-like shape rather than a typical spherical one.