Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
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Following its launch atop a Falcon 9, the CRS-35 Dragon will autonomously dock to the ISS, bringing crew supplies as well as experiments.
After more than seven months aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles. The crew members will discuss their science mission during a news conference at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will answer questions about their mission.
NASA will hold a media teleconference to preview the agency’s contributions to JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. The mission is scheduled to launch from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Monday, Oct. 19 EDT (Tuesday, Oct. 20 JST). Participants in the briefing, who will provide an overview of the mission and NASA’s contributions, include: - Lindsay Hays, acting director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington - Tom Statler, MMX program executive and scientist, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters - David Lawrence, MEGANE (Mars-moon Exploration with Gamma-rays and Neutrons) principal investigator, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory - Kris Zacny, vice president, Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics
Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.
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