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Japan’s MMX Mission Takes On the Challenge of Landing on Phobos
Key Takeaways
- Japan’s MMX mission launched on October 20 to explore Phobos.
- The mission plans landings, sample collection and an Earth return.
- Phobos is about 27 kilometers long and has roughly 1/1,800th of Earth’s gravity.
- Samples could help determine whether Mars’s moons are captured asteroids or impact debris.
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