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Japan Launches a Mission to Bring Home a Piece of Mars's Moon — ESA's View

Japan's MMX spacecraft is set to launch Oct. 19 (U.S./Europe time) to scoop up soil from Phobos, one of Mars's two moons, and bring it to Earth. Europe is a partner and stresses the little rover, Idefix, that will land first.

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• in-depthReturning the first samples from a Martian moon: Inside the science of Japan's bold MMX mission to Mars Space.com · 11:11 PM ET
• updateJapan to launch spacecraft on a mission to get samples from a Martian moon Phys.org Space · 11:11 PM ET
• moreJapan's MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars's moon Phobos Phys.org Space · 11:11 PM ET

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