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Japan Launches MMX to Retrieve Phobos Samples

JAPAN LAUNCHES MMX MISSION TO RETRIEVE PHOBOS SAMPLES WHY IN NEWS ? Japan’s Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft aboard an H3 rocket on October 20, 2026. The five-year mission aims to collect at least 10 grams of soil from Phobos, one of Mars’s moons, and return the samples …

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