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Japan's MMX readies Phobos sample return to Earth by 2031

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Japan's MMX readies Phobos sample return to Earth by 2031
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Japan unveiled the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft at Tanegashima Space Center, lining up an Oct. 19 launch window to grab about 10 grams of material from Phobos, deploy a 25-kilogram rover (Idefix) for surface study, and return the samples to Earth by 2031 after a roughly year-long journey to Mars; the mission will also study Deimos and aim to determine how Mars’ moons formed, marking the first successful Mars-system sample return.

Topics:science#mars-moons#mmx-mission#phobos#sample-return#space#space-exploration
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  1. Japan unveils Mars moon sample-return spacecraft ahead of Oct. 19 launch (photos)  Space
  2. Japan to launch probe for Mars moons in October: space agency  Japan Today
  3. Mission MMX will bring samples of Phobos to Earth  Inspenet
  4. JAXA Sets October Launch for MMX Mars-Region Sample-Return Mission  SpaceWatch.GLOBAL
  5. Japan mulls world’s 1st probe to collect samples from Mars moon  Anadolu Ajansı

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