Japan launches first-ever sample return mission to Mars moon Phobos

Japan launches first-ever sample return mission to Mars moon Phobos

Japan has launched the world's first mission to collect and return samples from Phobos, a moon of Mars. The uncrewed spacecraft, part of the Martian Moons eXploration mission, is expected to reach the Martian region by August twenty twenty seven and return material to Earth by twenty thirty one.

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