Martian Moons @JAXA

🚀 10 days until #MMXLIFTOFF ❗️🛰️
JAXA ISAS Deputy Director General Tsuda Yuichi (and former Project Manager of Hayabusa2!) and MMX Manager Hosoda Satoshi send their best GOOD LUCK MMX!
#MMXLIFTOFF: October 20 at 04:41:03 JST 🚀

Did you spot our #MMX mission mark on the side of the rocket fairing? The design was beautifully crafted by artist Kobayashi Sakiko with the MMX project team, who poured their shared vision into each detail. Read about the design here: aquent.co.jp/blog/jaxa-mmx-…
#MMXLIFTOFF: 10.20

GOOD LUCK M-M-X-🫶 from our team at the Communication Hall on the JAXA Sagamihara Campus! Thank you for always supporting the #MMX exhibits and sharing information about the mission with visitors! #MMXLIFTOFF: October 20, 04:41:03 JST 🚀

Passing through Edo Sakura-dori walkway in Nihonbashi? Look out for the digital displays showing a video for the launch of #MMX onboard the H3F10 (H3 flight 10) launch vehicle 🚀👀
#MMXLIFTOFF October 20 at 04:41:03 JST

🚀 11 days until #MMXLIFTOFF ❗️🛰️
Is that our sweet ride to space?! GOOD LUCK MMX from members of the Tanegashima Range Technology Development Unit, MMX management team, and the #H3F10 launch vehicle!
#MMXLIFTOFF onboard the H3F10: October 20 at 04:41:03 JST 🚀

#MMX aims land on Phobos within 10m of the target site. What technology will be used to tackle the weak gravity, communication lag, and operations for which there are no do-overs? MMX’s Yoshikawa Kent & Mitsubishi Electric team share their tech know-how! newspicks.com/news/17442146/…

If you missed the IAU’s 100 hours of Astronomy MMX event, you can catch up on the broadcast here 📺. JAXA ISAS Director General Fujimoto shares how JAXA chose to send a spacecraft to Phobos, while MMX team members Dr Usui, Dr Tasker, and Dr Tardivel share details of the mission!

🚀 12 days until #MMXLIFTOFF ❗️🛰️
Today’s GOOD LUCK MMX comes from members of our ground control team 📡 who will help #MMX phone home 📞. They are standing with a little MMX model just outside the MMX control room!
#MMXLIFTOFF: October 20 at 04:41:03 JST 🚀

Did you know that it is not only the MMX Project Team at at the JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) that has made MMX possible? Many departments across JAXA shared their expertise to build our dream to fly to Phobos! ✨
#MMXLIFTOFF 10.20 🚀

Are you attending the International Astronautical Congress #IAC2026 this year? If so, please do stop by the JAXA booth (1F-02, 04) to see a model of our #MMX spacecraft and our plans for Mars and Phobos!

🚀 13 days until #MMXLIFTOFF ❗️🛰️
Our #MMX subsystem GNC (Guidance, Navigation and Control) and Landing teams wish everyone a GOOD LUCK MMX!
#MMXLIFTOFF: October 20 at 04:41:03 JST 🚀

Did you know that #MMX will carry MEGANE, a contribution by NASA and developed at Johns Hopkins APL? Meaning “eye glasses” in Japanese 👓, MEGANE PI David Lawrence takes us through what MEGANE will see on Phobos in this #MMXTeamQQ!
#MMXLIFTOFF 10.20 🚀

🚀 14 days until #MMXLIFTOFF ❗️🛰️
Our cameras TENGOO 👺, OROCHI 🐍, and SHV 📸 are ready for the launch 📷❤️‍🔥 The teams say GOOD LUCK MMX, and we can't wait to see the photoshoot of the Martian moons and Mars! 🌚🔴
#MMXLIFTOFF: October 20 at 04:41:03 JST 🚀

An interview at Mitsubishi Electric Kamakura Works, the Prime Contractor for #MMX! Kawakatsu Yasuhiro (MMX Project Manager) & Uehara Akinari (General Manager for MMX at Mitsubishi Electric) share the inside story of the MMX mission 📖 #MMXLIFTOFF 10.20 🚀
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🚀 15 days until #MMXLIFTOFF ❗️🛰️
From today, let’s hear the GOOD LUCK MMX from our #MMX Project team members from Japan and around the world! 🫶
#MMXLIFTOFF: October 20 at 04:41:03 JST

Our team members headed to Tanegashima Space Center spotted an #MMX poster 👀 It’s heartwarming to see the support for MMX on Tanegashima island—thank you so much everyone! Not long now until #MMXLIFTOFF on October 20!

GOOD LUCK MMX! 🚀 These clips are from all of our different teams who work at the JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences. Everyone—thank you for your support! #MMXLIFTOFF scheduled for 10.20 at 04:41:03 JST!

Members of the anime idol group Liella! explored the 1:2 scale model of #MMX during the recent collaboration live stream (Love Live! Superstar!! and JAXA). The model will be on display at the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan on November 7! Do stop by if you are close.

GOOD LUCK MMX! All our different teams at ISAS are preparing for #MMXLIFTOFF on October 20, 2026! Launch is scheduled for 04:41:03 JST to start our journey to Phobos 🚀

GOOD LUCK MMXXXX! A cheer from outside the JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)! #MMXLIFTOFF is scheduled for 10.20, and we’re all so excited to start the journey of #MMX to Phobos!