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OTD In Space – January 29: Phobos 2 Enters Orbit Around Mars
On January 29, 1989, a Soviet space probe named Phobos 2 arrived in orbit around Mars. This was the last space mission ...
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Lost photos suggest Mars' mysterious moon Phobos may be a trapped comet in disguise
Mars' moon Phobos may actually be a comet — or at ... Aerospace Exploration Agency's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, slated to launch in 2026. Sonia Fornasier, an astronomy professor ...
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The aim – Phobos and Deimos
With the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, researchers hope to find an answer. Phobos completes one orbit of Mars in just over seven and a half hours at an altitude of approximately 6000 ...
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MMX Mission: A rover for the Martian moon Phobos
The DLR Institute of System Dynamics and Control is carrying out complex simulations to analyse how the MMX rover will behave on Phobos under reduced gravity conditions. The simulation shown in the ...
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Deimos: Mars' smallest moon
Lawrence et al, 'Measuring the Elemental Composition of Phobos: The Mars-moon Exploration with GAmma rays and NEutrons (MEGANE) Investigation for the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Mission ...
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Japan’s Mars mission just hit a massive delay
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The Japanese space agency JAXA has confirmed that its upcoming Mars mission, which ...
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Moon missions, meteors, a solar eclipse and more: Reasons to keep your eyes on the skies in 2024
as our moon is believed to have formed. It will also collect a sample from Phobos and return it to Earth by 2029. There's also an exciting mission planned to Europa, one of the largest of Jupiter ...