THE 2022 HUMANS TO MARS SUMMIT
an Explore Mars Event
May 17-19, 2022
The George Washington University
Washington D.C.
Dr. Masaki Fujimoto is Deputy Director General of the Institute of Space and Astronautical
Sciences of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA). He joined JAXA in 2006 as a
Professor of Department of Solar System Sciences. He joined Hayabusa2 sample return
capsule recovery operation in Australia (December 2020) to support the activity under
COVID-19. He is also one of the founders of the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission,
a mission under construction to return samples from Phobos, one of the Martian moons.