THE 2022 HUMANS TO MARS SUMMIT
an Explore Mars Event
May 17-19, 2022
The George Washington University
Washington D.C.

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.