Science support of JAXA’s MMX mission – travel support

578.4K kr SEK

Funder	Swedish National Space Agency
Recipient Organization	Luleå University of Technology
Country	Sweden
Start Date	Mar 01, 2023
End Date	Nov 30, 2023
Duration	274 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Principal Investigator
Data Source	Swedish Research Council
Grant ID	`2023-00099_SNSB`

Grant Description

The MMX mission of the Japanese space agency JAXA aims to land on, and return a sample from, Mars´ moon Phobos.

Luleå Tekniska Universitet (LTU) is providing science support for JAXA’s MMX mission to Phobos, with Axel Hagermann, member of the Science Working Team, providing expertise on regolith mechanical properties measurements using the sampler device SMP-C. Alex Moore, PhD student, works on how Phobos-like soils behave in microgravity compared to Earth.

We ask for travel support in connection with our contribution to MMX.