MMX from launch to Phobos
The JAXA-led Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is set to launch into space on a H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center at 04:41 JST on 20 October 2026 (20:41 BST / 21:41 CEST on 19 October 2026). MMX will be the first mission to collect a sample from Mars’s moon Phobos and bring it back to Earth.
This image shows part of a larger infographic on the mission.
[Image description: A comic-style infographic made up of three panels. The first shows a rocket launching, with text labels "October 2026" and "Tanegashima Space Center". The second shows a spacecraft arriving at Mars and its two moons, with text labels "August 2027" and "Mars". The third shows the spacecraft entering orbit around Mars's moon Phobos with Mars in the background, with text labels "September 2027" and "Phobos".]
