Onboard and ground processing of the wide-field cameras of the Rashid-1 rover of the Emirates Lunar Mission

Z Ioannou, S Amilineni, SG Els, N Théret… - Space Science …, 2025 - Springer
The Rashid-1 lunar rover represented the first attempt by the United Arab Emirates to
explore the surface of the Moon. The mission of Rashid-1 was supposed to begin only a few …

Enhanced Image Processing for the CASPEX Cameras Onboard the Rashid-1 Rover

N Théret, E Cucchetti, E Robert, C Virmontois… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
The Rashid-1 rover, being the main component of the Emirates Lunar Mission (ELM)
developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC), was launched in late …

Martian moons exploration MMX: sample return mission to Phobos elucidating formation processes of habitable planets

K Kuramoto, Y Kawakatsu, M Fujimoto, A Araya… - Earth, Planets and …, 2022 - Springer
Martian moons exploration, MMX, is the new sample return mission planned by the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) targeting the two Martian moons with the scheduled …

Science operation plan of Phobos and Deimos from the MMX spacecraft

T Nakamura, H Ikeda, T Kouyama, H Nakagawa… - Earth, Planets and …, 2021 - Springer
The science operations of the spacecraft and remote sensing instruments for the Martian
Moon eXploration (MMX) mission are discussed by the mission operation working team. In …

Preliminary design of Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)

Y Kawakatsu, K Kuramoto, T Usui, H Sugahara… - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) is a mission under development in JAXA in
cooperation with NASA, CNES, ESA, DLR to be launched in 2024. This paper introduces the …

In situ science on Phobos with the Raman spectrometer for MMX (RAX): preliminary design and feasibility of Raman measurements

Y Cho, U Böttger, F Rull, HW Hübers… - Earth, Planets and …, 2021 - Springer
Mineralogy is the key to understanding the origin of Phobos and its position in the evolution
of the Solar System. In situ Raman spectroscopy on Phobos is an important tool to achieve …

Surface environment of Phobos and Phobos simulant UTPS

H Miyamoto, T Niihara, K Wada, K Ogawa… - Earth, Planets and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will study the Martian moons
Phobos and Deimos, Mars, and their environments. The mission scenario includes both …

Exploring beyond Earth using space robotics

SA Chien, G Visentin, C Basich - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Robotic spacecraft enable exploration of our Solar System beyond our human presence.
Although spacecraft have explored every planet in the Solar System, the frontiers of space …

Origin of Phobos and Deimos Awaiting Direct Exploration

K Kuramoto - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Two major hypotheses have been proposed for the origin of the Martian moons Phobos and
Deimos: the in situ formation theory, supported by the fact that they have circular orbits …

Design of telescopic nadir imager for geomorphology (TENGOO) and observation of surface reflectance by optical chromatic imager (OROCHI) for the Martian Moons …

S Kameda, M Ozaki, K Enya, R Fuse, T Kouyama… - Earth, Planets and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The JAXA's Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission is planned to reveal the
origin of Phobos and Deimos. It will remotely observe both moons and return a sample from …