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Japan’s mission to bring Phobos home
Minamitane: Japan launched an uncrewed spacecraft toward the Martian moon Phobos on Tuesday on a mission intended to become the first to collect samples from the small rocky body and return them to Earth for analysis.The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft lifted off aboard an H3 rocket before dawn from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.The spacecraft is expected to reach Mars in August 2027 and return samples to Earth in 2031. JAXA hopes t…
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