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

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.

via Space|

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Japan eyes Mars’ moons for first sample-return voyage

Japan’s JAXA plans the unmanned MMX mission to orbit Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos, landing on Phobos to collect at least 10 grams of material and returning a capsule to Earth around 2031, in collaboration with CNES, DLR, NASA and ESA. The mission aims to shed light on how Mars and its moons formed and how water, volatiles, and organics reached the inner solar system, as rival China pursues its Tianwen-3 sample-return and NASA’s Perseverance is noted as having samples but described as effectively canceled in the article.

via Japan Today|

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