Tag: Phobos

Japan's area firm (JAXA) is sending out an objective to take a trip to Mars which will survey the Red Planet's 2 moons, Phobos and Deimos. The spacecraft will check out both moons and gather a sample of Phobos and bring it to Earth. This will be a significant devoted objective to Phobos and Deimos. MMX is arranged to be released in 2024, and will go back to Earth 5 years later on. Phobos has actually been photographed in close-up by numerous spacecraft whose main objective has actually been to photo Mars. The very first was Mariner 7 in 1969, followed by Mariner 9 in 1971, Viking 1 in 1977, Phobos 2 in 1989, Mars Global Surveyor in 1998 and 2003, Mars Express in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2019, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2007 and 2008. On 25 August 2005, the Spirit rover, with an excess ...