10/22/2026
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Returning the first samples from a Martian moon: Inside the science of Japan's bold MMX mission to Mars

Filed by Dana Graviton
Returning the first samples from a Martian moon: Inside the science of Japan's bold MMX mission to Mars
Japan's mission to Mars' moons could answer a decades old question dividing the origins of Phobos and Deimos between two conflicting theories, and make history as the first spacecraft to return to Earth from orbit of the Red Planet.
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