A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition ...

JAXA Is Going To Land on Phobos, the 14th Best Moon in the Solar System. ... Mars has only two moons: the larger Phobos, which is only 14 miles across and Deimos, ...

The Japanese space agency JAXA is studying use of inflatable aeroshells to enable landings of small Mars rovers. Credit: ISAS/JAXA WASHINGTON — An institute in Japan’s space agency is pursuing ...

Japan’s space agency, JAXA, announced that the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) project had officially moved into the development phase. If successful, the mission would mark the first time any ...

It's possible that Mars' moons were originally asteroids that were captured by the planet's gravitational pull. There's also ...

With groups like NASA and the European Space Agency focusing largely on missions to explore Earth’s moon and Mars, the Japanese space agency JAXA is taking a chance on a different kind of mission.

JAXA shared the news about the delay of the Japanese Mars mission on X (formerly Twitter), saying that the year has been “officially revised from FY2024 to FY2026.” ...

JAXA and Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) have teamed up to develop a "Super Hi-Vision Camera" for JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission that will capture the first 8K ultra-high ...

JAXA is hoping to send the MMX mission to space in 2024. Assuming it achieves that target launch date, the spacecraft will enter the Martian orbit in 2025. It will then return to Earth with ...

Journey to JAXA: Why I skipped Mount Fuji and went straight to the Japanese space agency. ... It aims to land a probe on the surface of the potato-shaped Phobos, one of Mars' two moons.