Japan to launch world-first mission to collect samples from Martian moon
Japanese space agency leading five-year mission to Phobos, one of ‘most important unclimbed mountains in the solar system’ Japan is to launch a spacecraft…
The Guardian reports: Japanese space agency leading five-year mission to Phobos, one of ‘most important unclimbed mountains in the solar system’ Japan is to launch a spacecraft on the world’s first mission to bring back samples from Phobos, one of the two small, potato-shaped moons orbiting Mars.
This science story centres on Japan. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Martian, Phobos and Japanese.
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