Tag: planetary science

German-French Rover Set for Mars Moon

A model of the Mars rover "Idefix" is on display during a press conference of the German Aerospace Center | File Photo: Lennart Preiss/dpa

Japan’s MMX mission is set to launch in October with the German-French Idefix rover aboard. Idefix will land on Mars’s moon Phobos in 2029, explore its surface and help to return the first samples from the Martian system to Earth.