NASA has invited media representatives to participate in a teleconference to be held on Thursday, October 15, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The event will focus on reviewing the contribution of the U.S. space agency to the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, being carried out by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The MMX mission launch is scheduled from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan for Monday, October 19 Eastern Time, which corresponds to Tuesday, October 20 in Japan Standard Time. The primary objective of the mission is to study Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos, with the prospect of collecting soil samples and returning them to Earth. NASA's participation in the project underscores the international nature of modern space exploration and cooperation between space agencies of different countries in the study of Mars and its surroundings.