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Japan's MMX mission aims to swipe soil samples from Mars's moon Phobos
Source: Phys.org · Published
A Japanese space mission is about to launch towards Mars. But it will not land on the planet itself. Instead, the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission will focus on Phobos, the bigger of Mars's…
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