MMX to Martian moons, JAXA/CNES collaboration Options

[pandaneko]

Before looking at JAXA's Jupiter mission I thought Martian moons sample return mission may be of interest to some people. I will translate
ISAS dcument on this mission and here are the first two pages (no page number on this document and page numbers are mine).

The document is question can be found here.
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/topics/files/MMX170412.pdf

and the first two pages are as follows.


Page 1

Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)

Outline of Martian moons sample return mission (JAXA/ISAS)

Collaboration agreenment and signing ceremony with French CNES on 10 April(Mon) 2017 at JAXA Tokyo office


Page 2

Sample return mission and its space science and exploration schedule

This sample return mission has been, within the current space science/exploration timetable, designated as leading to "Strategic medimum
scale project 1" and its launch is scheduled for fiscal 2024.

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The English version of the above presentation.

[pandaneko]

A little more information on the joint press briefing by JAXA and French CNES in Tokyo last autumn, taken from
various newspapers at the time.

JAXA had a joint press briefing with French CNES on 10 April 2017 about their Martian sample return mission.

It is going to be a joint mission whereby JAXA spacecraft with CNES sensors and others will be launched from
the Tanegashima Space Centre.

Specifically, MMX aims to land on one of the Martian moons to return a sample of a few gramms to earth.

It will be launched in September 2024, arriving in the vecinity of Mars in August 2025 and after spending 3 years
of observation, return to earth in September 2029.

At the briefing JAXA said that CNES sensors will be a very productive and powerful instrument for understanding
the origin of life and the universe and that JAXA will enter into concrete phase of mission planning with CNES.

CNES said that it will be the most important mission in the next 10 years. At the briefing CNES seemed keener
on landing on Phobos and JAXA also appeared in agreenment.

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