Japan may delay its Mars Moon sampling mission MMX
Japan’s ambitious mission to explore the two mini moons of Mars could be facing a lengthy delay. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) is scheduled to launch in September 2024, taking advantage of a once-every-26-months launch window to the Red Planet. Arriving in Mars orbit in August 2025, coinciding with the World Expo in Osaka,…