Japan Is Launching a Probe to Collect the First-Ever Samples From a Martian Moon

Japan's space agency will launch a probe to collect samples from Phobos, a moon of Mars, marking the country's first Mars mission since 1998. The probe is scheduled to land on Phobos, retrieve rock and soil samples, and return them to Earth for analysis. Scientists expect the samples may provide information about the composition and origin of Martian moons.

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