IT ME! In this #MMXTeamQQ, I give a rapid rundown of our global partners for the Martian Moons eXploration (#MMX) mission to Phobos! 🛰️ More than anything else (and perhaps more so now than any other time) the collaboration, support, friendship, and excitement is the BEST part of this mission.

Our second #MMXTeamQQ is now out! Tom Statler (Lead Scientist for Solar System Small Bodies at #NASA) shares his personal view on what excites him about the MMX mission 🛰️. NASA are a JAXA partner for the Martian Moons eXploration (#MMX) mission, providing two instruments! 🔭🧪

OK, so Hayabusa2 powers between asteroids using ion engines (a JAXA speciality) 🔭, but MMX is going to be using more traditional chemical propulsion 🛰️. In our #MMXTeamQQ, Imade Takane highlights why we made that choice 🧪.

This #MMXTeamQQ is by Stephan Ulamec at DLR (@dlr-en.bsky.social), who describes the biggest challenge for the Martian Moons rover, IDEFIX! Jointly developed by DLR & @cnes.fr for JAXA's MMX mission 🛰️, IDEFIX will be the first ever explorer of the surface of Phobos (and yes, it's named for the 🐶) 🔭🧪