Science & Exploration
MMX at Mars and Phobos
The JAXA-led Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will be the first mission to collect a sample from Mars’s moon Phobos and bring it back to Earth. This artist impression shows it arriving at the Mars system, with Mars in the background and Phobos to the right.
[Image description: An artist impression with planet Mars looking orange in the background. In the foreground on the right is the martian moon Phobos, looking like a dark grey asteroid-type object. To the left is the MMX spacecraft, looking like a golden box with rectangular solar panels sticking out on either side (above and below), landing legs pointing to the left, and a propulsion module with thrusters pointing to the right.]
