Thank you, Ambassador Kazuhiro Suzuki, for sharing the successful #MMX launch! 🚀 Following the successful #MMXLIFTOFF, MMX is on its way to Phobos and will return samples to South Australia in 2031. We look forward to further Japan-Australia space cooperation!
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🚀 Japan’s @JAXA_en has successfully launched the Martian Moons eXploration (#MMX) mission aboard an H3 rocket! The journey to Phobos & Deimos is underway, with samples from Phobos set to return to Earth in 2031, landing in South Australia. 🇯🇵🇦🇺

Oct 26, 2026 · 6:17 AM UTC

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Watching that H3 lift off was something else. Phobos samples back by 2031, on schedule. Back home we're still forming a committee to decide the agenda of the next committee. Bravo JAXA 🚀