ScienceYahoo News SingaporeJapan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon
Japan is launching an unmanned spacecraft to collect samples from Mars's moon Phobos, in what would be the first ever round trip to the Martian system.
Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars's moons to retrieve samples that could help unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth, in what aims to be the first round trip to the ...
Japan's JAXA agency is launching its MMX spacecraft on a mission to collect at least 10 grams of material from the surface of Mars's moon Phobos.
The probe will orbit Phobos for up to three years before landing, with a French-built rover called IDEFIX scouting the surface first to ensure a safe touchdown.
Scientists hope the samples will reveal how Mars and its moons formed and shed light on how water and organic compounds reached the inner Solar System.
The MMX probe launches from Tanegashima Space Center on Tuesday at 4:41am local time, arriving near Mars about one year later.
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