Martian Moons eXploration Mission MMX, awaiting imminent launch

Kiyoshi Kuramoto

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[E] Oral

P (Space and Planetary Sciences ) » P-PS Planetary Sciences

[P-PS07] Mars and martian moons

Tue. May 26, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 303 (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Miyamoto Hideaki(University of Tokyo), Michel Patrick(Universite Cote D Azur Observatoire De La Cote D Azur CNRS Laboratoire Lagrange), Nakamura Tomoki(Department of Earth and Planetary Materials Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University), Genda Hidenori(Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Imamura Takeshi(Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

[PPS07-01] Martian Moons eXploration Mission MMX, awaiting imminent launch

*Kiyoshi Kuramoto¹, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu², Maria Antonietta Barucci³, Hidenori Genda⁴, Naru Hirata⁵, Takeshi Imamura⁶, Shingo Kameda⁷, Kobayashi Masanori⁸, Hiroki Kusano⁹, David Lawrence¹⁰, Koji Matsumoto¹¹, Patrick Michel¹², Hideaki Miyamoto⁶, Hiromu Nakagawa¹³, Tomoki Nakamura¹³, Kazunori Ogawa², Hisashi Otake², Sara Russell¹⁴, Sho Sasaki¹⁵, Hiroki Senshu⁸, Naoki Terada¹³, Stephan Ulamec¹⁶, Koji Wada⁸, Shoichiro Yokota¹⁵ (1. Hokkaido University, 2. JAXA, 3. Paris Observatory, 4. Science Tokyo, 5. Aizu University, 6. University of Tokyo, 7. Rikkyo University, 8. Chiba Institute for Technology, 9. RIKEN, 10. Johns Hopkins University, 11. NAOJ, 12. Université Côte d’azur, 13. Tohoku University, 14. Natural History Museum, 15. Osaka University, 16. DLR)

Keywords:MMX, Phobos and Deimos, Mars, Spacecraft, close-up observation, sample return