An international team of explorers, led by Japan, will send a tiny robotic rover to the Martian moon of Phobos very soon.
"We are very excited to collaborate with CNES and DLR as part of the MMX mission, which endeavors to clarify the origin of the Martian moons and the evolutionary process of the Martian sphere by collecting samples from one of Mars' two moons – Phobos – for the first time in space history," said Hiroshi Yamakawa, President of JAXA, in an"Japan shares a precious memory with France and Germany regarding the collaboration during the Hayabusa2 sample return mission, on which the...
"Japan and France are important strategic partner countries for DLR in almost all of our research areas. In this context, our cooperation within the framework of the MMX mission is a specific example of the creative power of our multifaceted collaboration.
"The signing of this new tripartite agreement between CNES, JAXA, and DLR is another milestone in the fruitful cooperation between our three nations on the MMX mission. By studying the two Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, this mission will lead to major advances in the knowledge of the Solar System," said Philippe Baptiste, CNES' CEO.
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