Japan launches historic MMX sample-return mission to Mars' moon Phobos (video)
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) is launching the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft on a new H3 rocket, targeting a five-year mission to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars's two small moons. Scientists hope the samples will reveal how Phobos formed and potentially shed light on the origins of life in the solar system.
The mission is expected to take five years; samples will not return immediately.
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