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Japan launches mission to bring back samples from Mars’s moon Phobos

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Mauduit, F. (2026, October 20). Japan launches mission to bring back samples from Mars’s moon Phobos. Euronews. https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/20/japan-launches-mission-to-bring-back-samples-from-marss-moon-phobos

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Japan recently launched its H3 rocket carrying the MMX probe on a mission to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars's moons. The spacecraft will spend three years gathering data and material to study the early history of the solar system.

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Japan launched the MMX probe on October 20, 2026, from Tanegashima Island, starting a five-year mission to collect samples from Mars's moon Phobos. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is leading this international effort, which includes contributions from NASA ($122 million), the French Space Agency ($95 million), the German Space Agency ($79 million), and the European Space Agency ($24 million). This mission aims to study Phobos' origins and formation, as well as provide insights into Mars's history. No previous mission has successfully brought samples back from Phobos or its companion Deimos. If successful, samples will return to Earth in 2031.

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Japan’s H3 rocket launched the MMX probe on Tuesday, starting a three-year mission to collect samples from Phobos and study the origins of the Solar System.

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Japan launches mission to bring back samples from Mars’s moon Phobos · assertive framing

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Japan’s H3 rocket launched the MMX probe on Tuesday, starting a three-year mission to collect samples from Phobos and study the origins of the Solar System. asserted

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I removed ‘Mars’s moon’ to make room, since ‘Phobos’ is already in the text. asserted

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If you prefer to keep ‘Mars’s moon’, here is a shorter alternative that still fits: asserted

that → prefer → moon

Japan’s H3 rocket launched the MMX probe on Tuesday, starting a three-year mission to sample Mars’s moon Phobos and explore the Solar System’s origins. asserted

rocket → launch → origins