Japan is launching a mission to bring back the first samples from a Martian moon
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Japan's space agency JAXA is launching its MMX spacecraft on October 20, 2026, on a mission to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars' two moons. The $345 million mission will spend roughly three years near Mars before returning at least 10 grams of Phobos material to Earth by 2031. Scientists hope the samples will reveal how Mars' moons formed and possibly contain traces of Martian surface material.
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