THE 2022 HUMANS TO MARS SUMMIT

an Explore Mars Event

May 17-19, 2022

The George Washington University

Washington D.C.

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Masaki Fujimoto

JAXA | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Deputy Director General
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.