TOUS 4789 Espace le Japon veut rapporter des echantillons d une lune de Mars

Japan is preparing to launch the MMX space mission, designed to explore Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, and return samples to Earth. Led by the Japanese space agency JAXA, with participation from France, Germany, and the United States, among others, this mission aims to collect at least ten grams of material. Scientists hope to use this data to determine the origin of Phobos and Deimos, which may have formed from captured asteroids or from an ancient collision. The samples are expected to be returned in 2031.