A spacecraft has launched from Japan headed for Mars’s moon Phobos, where it will attempt to grab some moondust and bring it back to Earth.
If it is successful, it will become the first time a sample has been returned from Mars or its moons to be analysed in laboratories here on Earth.
The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at Phobos in August 2027.
It is hoped that the Mars Moons Exploration (MMX) mission, which is led by the Japanese Space Agency, will solve the mystery of how Mars’s moons formed.
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