Special Seminar with Masaki Fujimoto (Director General ISAS/JAXA)

JAXA's Way of Space Science

Monday, 2026/06/08, 13:15

This is an image of the 2024 version of the MMX spacecraft during MOI (Martian Orbit Insertion). Thrusters are turned off.
MMX, the first sample return mission from the Martian sphere.
© JAXA

The University of Bern welcomes Masaki Fujimoto, Director General of ISAS/JAXA at the Japanese Space Agency, for a special seminar. To mark the beginning of an international outreach collaboration on JAXA's Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) space mission with the participation of the Center for Space and Habitability, Masaki Fujimoto will hand over a model of the MMX space probe to Virginia Richter, Rector of the University of Bern.

Event organizer: Center for Space and Habitability (CSH), University of Bern
Speaker: Various
Date: 08.06.2026
Time: 13:15 - 15:00
Locality: Room 210 (Aula)
University of Bern, Main Building
Hochschulstrasse 4
3012 Bern
Registration: Please register here (online participation possible)
Characteristics: open to the public
free of charge

This special seminar features talks from Masaki Fujimoto and Tomoko Ojima from JAXA/ISAS as well as researchers at the University of Bern. The event will be moderated by Audrey Vorbuger, Assistant Professor at the Division of Space Research and Planetary Sciences of the University of Bern.

The event will be held in person but online participation via Zoom is possible. If you would like to participate remotely, please select 'online' in the registration form and you will be sent the access information the morning of the event.

Program Overview

 

Time

Topic

Speakers
13:15 Welcome Address

Virginia Richter
Masaki Fujimoto
Brice-Olivier Demory
13:30

Successful joint Japanese-Swiss Space Exploration

 Raphael Marschall
13:40

From Curation to Outreach: Activities for Asteroid Return Samples at ISAS, JAXA  

 Tomoko Ojima
13:50 Origin and Evolution of the Martian Moon Phobos Martin Jutzi
14:00 JAXA's way of space science

Masaki Fujimoto
14:30 Questions from the Audience All
14:45 Coffee Break All

Speakers

Prof. Virginia Richter
Rector of the University of Bern

Dr. Masaki Fujimoto
Director General of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA/ISAS)

Prof. Brice-Olivier Demory
Director of the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH), University of Bern

Prof. Raphael Marschall
Associate Professor of Experimental Physics, Member of the Directorate of the Division of Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern

Tomoko Ojima
Associate Senior Researcher, Astromaterials Science Research Group (ASRG), JAXA/ISAS

PD Dr. Martin Jutzi
Senior Researcher at the Division of Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern

Ass. Prof. Audrey Vorburger
Assistant Professor at the Division of Space Research and Planetary Sciences, University of Bern