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   Elizabeth Tasker (elizabethtasker@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 01-Mar-2024 18:40:47 JST Elizabeth Tasker

   What did we unwrap at #JAXA recently? IT'S A MARTIAN MOON ROVER!

   Admittedly, you can't actually see the rover yet in this video but I really like it because you hear the team say "Yatta!" and "Tadaa!" 😀

   The rover was developed in Europe by the German and French space agencies, and will join the Japan-led Martian Moons eXploration (#MMX) mission to Phobos that is scheduled to launch in FY 2026.

   The rover's name is IDEFIX (after the dog in Asterix comics) .

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     Eldeberen ⏚ (eldeberen@social.middleearth.fr)'s status on Friday, 01-Mar-2024 18:42:58 JST Eldeberen ⏚

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     @elizabethtasker I think that's the most expensive unboxing I ever seen
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