Japan's MMX to explore Phobos
A Japanese-led space mission is preparing to launch to Mars's moon Phobos to collect and return a small sample of its material to Earth for the first time. The spacecraft, scheduled for launch less than a month from now, aims to study Phobos and its companion Deimos, ultimately retrieving about 10 grams of moon dust for analysis. The mission hopes to reveal how Mars’s moons formed, whether from debris caused by an impact or as captured asteroids, by examining the sample’s mineral composition. The capsule containing the sample is expected to return to Earth in 2031.
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